tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post8611290540927512897..comments2024-03-28T11:57:57.175-04:00Comments on Too Many Tomatoes : Spring Garden Project #2 The Cold FrameSmartAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post-22734919017404671262011-05-30T11:32:01.115-04:002011-05-30T11:32:01.115-04:00Temperature adjust ments have been put on hold wit...Temperature adjust ments have been put on hold with Garden Projects 3 and 4 taking precedence. I do have a flat of sweet corn starting in there with the lid off. We have hot temperatures this week, and the open frame on thre gravel holds just the right amount of heat, blocks the wind and lets the rain in.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post-81660054053656970462011-05-28T00:14:29.687-04:002011-05-28T00:14:29.687-04:00Have you worked out the temperature "bugs&quo...Have you worked out the temperature "bugs" on the venting system?Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post-86134300162741778192011-05-12T11:16:36.379-04:002011-05-12T11:16:36.379-04:00Footnote: We find it so fascinating, the neighbor...Footnote: We find it so fascinating, the neighbors came over last evening, and we all sat around it in lawn chairs admiring and marveling at this feat of garden engineering. Obviously we will have to master it's mood swings before we entrust anything alive to it.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post-35498162858922995972011-05-12T11:13:56.262-04:002011-05-12T11:13:56.262-04:00No, the walls are just thick wood, the frames are ...No, the walls are just thick wood, the frames are mortise and tenoned, and the planks tongue and grooved to float in the walls.<br /><br />Yesterday, unvented, it reached interior temperatures of 130* which pegged the "normal" thermometer, so Tim put the oven thermometer in and it was over 140* The planks on the back wall each shrunk about 1/2 inch. So the wood will soon be "kiln dried"! In the summer we can use it as a solar oven!!!<br /><br />The automatic openers are cylinders filled with wax which expands and contracts with the temps. They will begin to open around 70*. Tim is fiddling to figure out the best way to mount them so I can release them easily to water etc.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6705778064850148431.post-70778547985662730362011-05-11T22:12:11.219-04:002011-05-11T22:12:11.219-04:00Cool!
I assume the walls are insulated in some way...Cool!<br />I assume the walls are insulated in some way, or no? And the automatic opener senses too high of heat?<br /><br />Great, now I'll be up all night researching cold frames!! ;-)Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.com