Get a jump start on your spring garden. During winter, a cold frame will warm tender plants and early seedlings, protecting them from life-threatening wind, temperatures, frost, and snow.
Measuring 2 by 4 feet, a Farmer D Cold Frame can sit directly on the ground or be fitted with Farmer D’s Bed on Legs Kit; $199.95 and $299.95 respectively from Williams-Sonoma.
Wooden Cold Frames
From Veg Trug, a raised Cold Frame on legs has shatter-proof polycarbonate lids and is €59.99.
A Small Cold Frame with plexiglass glazing is made of treated European pine and measures 34 by 50 centimeters; £94.99 from Primrose.
From Maine Growing Products, a Cold Frame Growing House made of eastern white cedar is 4 by 4 feet and is $325 from Great Garden Supply.
Designed for small gardens and made of western red cedar, a Cedar Baby Coldframe is £369.99 from Crocus.
A Cedar Cold Frame with a rot-resistant base and a rot-resistant cedar base has an aluminum and polycarbonate top and measures 8 feet by 2 feet and is $225 from Gardeners.
A 4×2 Cedar Cold Frame with cedar capping and sliding and hinged lids is £299.
Metal Cold Frames
The Steel Frame Hotbed Tunnel offers cold weather protection with a steel tubing and UV-stabilized PE foil construction that is stable but very lightweight, offering great mobility.
The tunnel is placed over the desired garden bed and fixed with galvanized steel ground anchors; €179 at Manufactum.
Made with an aluminum frame, a Single Cold Frame with two hinged sliding vents.
An unused aluminum and polycarbonate Greenhouse Cold Framewith four lids comes in original packaging is £44.95 from eBay UK.