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cold frame
noun
: a usually glass- or plastic-covered frame without artificial heat used to protect plants and seedlings outdoors
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In colder climates, consider adding a cold frame topper to raised beds for an extended growing season.
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Consider starting seedlings indoors or using tools like grow tents or cold frames to move your plants outdoors before the weather heats up.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2024
Protect container plants by moving them into a garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or other place where the temperature stays above freezing.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Consider starting seedlings indoors or using tools like grow tents or cold frames to move your plants outdoors before the weather heats up.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2024
Protect container plants by moving them into a garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or other place where the temperature stays above freezing.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Cold frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20frame. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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