tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post7100381196410608071..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-50960038273084561602012-07-31T19:36:20.771+10:002012-07-31T19:36:20.771+10:00I've actually got some capsicums struggling al...I've actually got some capsicums struggling along in my greenhouse box and have seen some scrounge scrap plastic sheeting to make a cold frame - it's been in the back of my mind. Mind you I can probably plant lettuce tomorrow - we're coming up temperature slowly getting to 14 C on good good days with not a lot of frosts. Winter lasts (because of the sea) but isn't too cold.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-64024469484391992372012-07-31T03:37:03.294+10:002012-07-31T03:37:03.294+10:00Another thought to throw at you based on your pick...Another thought to throw at you based on your picking abilities at the dump. Have you considered a low height cold frame to grow radishes and leaf lettuce? At the end of our winter here it rarely gets below freezing, only now and then, otherwise the temperature hovers around 10-12C. So a range of -3 to 12. <br /><br />The true cold frame enthusiasts make one about 1.5 m by 3m out of scrap lumber (1" X 8" preferred) and use cheap, plastic "painters tarps" (about 3 mill). Salvaged hinges make a top you open when weather gets above 5 C.<br /><br /><br />They plant the radishes and old gutters filled with the soil and at harvest time lift out the thing and pour it through screening. Slide the others forward and replant. Cold hardy radishes and leaf lettuce (such as Boston Bibb and other butter heads) can be harvested in as little as 21 days. <br /><br />I know some people that grow Broccoli, spinach and chard...but they require a taller cold frame which is hard to scrounge the material for and takes longer to build. The short cold frames can be built in a handful of hours.Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.com