{"id":2367,"date":"2013-02-05T09:33:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T09:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2013-02-05T09:33:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T09:33:55","slug":"new-cold-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/seeds\/new-cold-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cold Frame!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2367 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-115.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-115-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-115-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-115-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-115.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2368'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking the raised bed. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-117.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-117-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-117-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-117-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-117.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2370'>\n\t\t\t\tPainting the cold frame. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-118.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-118-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-118-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-118-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-118.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2371'>\n\t\t\t\tWoodchips for the paths.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-119.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-119-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-119-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-119-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-119.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2372'>\n\t\t\t\tAssembled raised bed. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-120.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-120-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-120-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-120-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-120.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2373'>\n\t\t\t\tCold frame. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-121.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-121-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-121-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-121-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seedparade.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Seed-Parade-Blog-121.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2374'>\n\t\t\t\tAll ready for sowing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As the sun was shining on Saturday we decided to make the most of it and spend a couple of hours down on the plot. Having spent so little time there in the past month because of the snow and rain, it was good to check on how our veggies were faring and catch up with some of our fellow allotmenters.<\/p>\n<p>Most things are doing well and have survived the snow, which was good to see, although we have lost most of our purple sprouting broccoli to some sort of pest. I can\u2019t fathom out what it could be, the early sprouts of broccoli have been all but devoured and lots of the leaves in the centre of the plant have been stripped to the stem. It looks like the sort of damage that slugs could have done, but isn\u2019t it too cold for them this time of year?!<\/p>\n<p>But our broad beans, swiss chard (\u2018Bright Lights\u2019) and garlic seem to be doing well, despite the cold. The same can\u2019t be said of our pak choi, mizuna, kotsuma and mibuna which were all looking a bit past it, so over to the pigs. All this means we now have tons more space to plant new seeds and seedlings so that\u2019s pretty exciting!<\/p>\n<p>Steve also built our last remaining raised bed, which means we now have five, ready to go come the start of the new season. It all went smoothly, apart from his inevitable crisis in confidence halfway through construction which meant he and Chris (another fellow allotmenter) had to disassemble it, shorten the stakes and put it all back together before hammering into the ground. The language started to deteriorate at this point, so I retreated to the clubhouse! My Dad has also built us a cold frame for the plot, so we painted that all ready for our plants too! I Hope this will make a real difference in be able to bring plants on and harden them off before planting out.<\/p>\n<p>Back at home, we\u2019ve been bringing things on outside in a cold frame. We\u2019ve planted another batch of \u2018Aquadulce Claudia\u2019 broad beans which are doing well and we\u2019ve also just sown some \u2018Douce Provence\u2019 peas in some empty cardboard toilet roll holders following Helen\u2019s advice here on the Blog.<\/p>\n<p>I really want to sow some flowers on the plot this year too and I\u2019m a big fan of sweet peas, so we\u2019ve just planted some. Our varieties include \u2018Beaujolais\u2019, \u2018Black Knight\u2019 \u2018Parfumiere Mix\u2019 and \u2018Stylish\u2019 so I\u2019m looking forward to see how they turn out.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also planted some chillis indoors, which have included \u2018Bulgarian Carrot\u2019, \u2018Californian Wonder\u2019, Habanero Orange\u2019, \u2018Jalapeno\u2019 and \u2018Tepin.\u2019 They\u2019re yet to germinate, maybe we should just turn the heating up and give them a blast to get them started!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun was shining on Saturday we decided to make the most of it and spend a couple of hours down on the plot. 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