Content
- How To Build A Cold Frame From Pallets - Instructions For The Home Improvement
- Material and tool list
- Step-by-step instructions - How to do it right
- Finishing and filling the cold pallet - That's how it works
- Tips
Pallets are versatile - even in the garden for the cold frame
How To Build A Cold Frame From Pallets - Instructions For The Home Improvement
Many a disused Euro pallet becomes a creative terrace furniture or rustic balcony box in its second life. Hobby gardeners with a penchant for upcycling, simply build pallets to a stable cold frame. This guide explains how magical transformation works.
Material and tool list
For the conversion of Euro pallets to the frame for a cold frame you need the following materials and tools:
As a cover you screw on the pallet frame later an old wooden window with a hinge, so you can ventilate the cold frame regularly.
Step-by-step instructions - How to do it right
In order for the 4 euro pallets to form a rectangular cold frame, the outer wooden feet are moved inward on 2 pallets. Here's how to do it expertly:
In the final step of assembly, place all 4 pallets upright so that they form a closed frame. With screws you connect all side parts together.
Finishing and filling the cold pallet - That's how it works
The particular advantage of using a Euro-pallet is that you do not have to dig for the warming filling. Dress the wooden box with weatherproof foil and carry it to a sunny spot in the garden. Place your place with vole wire and place the self-made pallet cold frame on it.
First fill the bed 10 cm high with foliage. Over it give a 20 cm thick layer of horse manure, followed by a 20 cm thick layer of garden soil and compost. Finally, apply the cover and close the cold frame for 1 to 2 weeks. After this time the decomposition process of the filling has created the ideal heat for the first seeds and plants.
Tips
With the right stuffing as a heat source, the planting season in your garden will last well into the fall. In September / October you can sow lettuce and radishes here, which will give you a vitamin-rich, crisp-fresh harvest in November.