Do I need a cold frame?

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I mean I know I don’t need one but I have a hankering (I blame the Charleston Garden) and the space. I already have a greenhouse. What would I use it for that the greenhouse can’t already do??

Really useful for hardening off plants before planting out.

Thanks @AlwaysGardening - so do you mean things you've grown from seed (e.g. veg)?

I feel that I need one too. My DGF had a lovely little one that he’d made from window panes.

DH is handy but also lazy and isn’t listening to my requests. But then they a different kind of pain.

You do need one. Also you need a hot bed to start seeds off in 😀

What is a hot bed??? I’m about to get a plug put in my greenhouse so I can plug in a propagator…

I have a two greenhouses but also got my DH to make me a cold frame. It is great for hardening off plants.

2!! Gardening goals!
I also ‘need’ a potting shed

I was lucky and given the greenhouses from people who didn't want them anymore. The smaller one contains self-watering quadgrows for tomatoes and cucumbers. The larger one is for seedlings, cuttings and young plants.

I tend to get carried away and sow far too many seeds and end up with more plants that I have room for.

I would love a potting shed.

Hot bed is a proper old fashioned thing. You need fresh manure, layered with compost to get it fermenting and build up heat. Earth on top and monitor the heat too make sure it doesn’t get too hot. I’ve made one here as I’ve access to fresh manure. It’s brilliant. Have a Google

Yes exactly that. Or if you have bought a tray of bedding plants which were greenhouse grown, you'd want to harden them off.

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I thibk I need to get your DH to explain to mine how he should treat his wife

On our allotment I have a 6m by 4m polytunnel with automatic irrigation for the beds. Couldn't be without it.

We had a coldframe but it hardly got used.

@Colechester agree to a hot bed. Ours was brilliant but sadly no room for it in the new tunnel.

I have a polycarbonate tunnel (polycrub) and its about 8 metres long, so I produce a lot of plants for the garden. I really, really want some coldframes, for hardening off. Taking plants in and out of the tunnel is a massive faff, and I wish I'd had some built at the same time as the polycrub.