3 hours ago, kayb said:

My son-in-law and I have been discussing the construction of some moveable coldframes, heavy clear plastic stretched on 1 x 2 frames, to put over my herb bed and to start some early stuff in the garden next spring.

Priority shortly after Christmas, though, is to get someone over here to till up, add a bunch of compost/manure and strew straw over the two garden spots to let me rest for next spring. 

Here is my movable (store-able) system:

PVC pipes  greenhouse film. You can get greenhouse film very cheap from Farmtec remnants.

All parts are modular, removable. PVC pipes are 4' and 2' long. The finished cold frames are 4'w x 8'L x 2'h. Takes about 10 minutes each to assemble and 5 minutes to disassemble. The greenhouse film is what holds the cold frame together. 

The Greenhouse film is UV resistant to 4 years, but for cold frame use, it will last at least three times longer.

Storage after disassemble  takes very little space.

I use bungee cord to anchor the cold frames. We have had very high wind storms, no problems yet.

dcarch

2 hours ago, kayb said:

My son-in-law and I have been discussing the construction of some moveable coldframes, heavy clear plastic stretched on 1 x 2 frames, to put over my herb bed and to start some early stuff in the garden next spring.

Priority shortly after Christmas, though, is to get someone over here to till up, add a bunch of compost/manure and strew straw over the two garden spots to let me rest for next spring. 

Here is my system:

PVC pipes  greenhouse film. You can get greenhouse film very cheap from Farmtec remnants.

All parts are modular, removable. PVC pipes are 4' and 2' long. The finished cold frames are 4'w x 8'L x 2'h. Takes about 10 minutes each to assemble and 5 minutes to disassemble. The greenhouse film is what holds the cold frame together. 

The Greenhouse film is UV resistant to 4 years, but for cold frame use, it will last at least three times longer.

Storage after disassemble  takes very little space.

I use bungee cord to anchor the cold frames. We have had very high wind storms, no problems yet.

dcarch

1 hour ago, kayb said:

My son-in-law and I have been discussing the construction of some moveable coldframes, heavy clear plastic stretched on 1 x 2 frames, to put over my herb bed and to start some early stuff in the garden next spring.

Priority shortly after Christmas, though, is to get someone over here to till up, add a bunch of compost/manure and strew straw over the two garden spots to let me rest for next spring. 

Here is my system:

PVC pipes  greenhouse film. You can get greenhouse film very cheap from Farmtec remnants.

All parts are modular, removable. PVC pipes are 4' and 2' long. The finished cold frames are 4'w x 8'L x 2'h. Takes about 10 minutes each to assemble and 5 minutes to disassemble. Storage after disassemble  takes very little space.

I use bungee cord to anchor the cold frames. We have had very high wind storms, no problems yet.

dcarch