Our collection of wood and other materials continues to be recycled to make things for our allotment and my husband is enjoying the challenge of building things for as little cost as possible. After all, allotments are about not spending much money.
Last year he built a temporary cold frame out of bricks and an old shower screen. It was lovely, but sadly had to be dismantled, we needed the bricks for other projects. We have a cheap plastic Aldi cold frame on plot 10b but it will not be big enough for hardening off all our seedlings. So my latest request has been to build a cold frame for plot 8.
Faced with a pile of wood and the instruction to spend as little as possible, this is what he came up with. It's made using wood from the sheds he demolished when we took the plots on. The frames on the top opening doors are made from pallet wood. The hinges came from the doors which he made the shed out of. The polycarbonate was left over when he built the polytunnel.
That's a cheap cold frame.
Well done! That's something my hubby's had on his list to make for a long while now and we still don't have one, though we are blessed with the polytunnel so not complaining. It will be interesting to read how you find it.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment it is being used for storing bags of compost. That should change soon I hope
DeleteHi Margaret, I am very envious of your cold frame it looks so good and will make a home for all all your young plants. Sarah x
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