How to make your own cold frames
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VC Corrugated Roof Sheets
Length : 2m Width : 762mm
Frame 850mm x 350mm Pressure treated wood (Total needed approx. 6.5M)
Back legs 2 x 500mm
Front legs 2 x 400mm these are shorter so rain will run off
Extra support baton 25mm x 35mm (total wood 2.8M)
100mm screws
Roof fixings will cover any screws in the roof
Convert your ‘Leggy Linda’ seedlings into new plants by taking Sweet Pea cuttings.
Leggy Seedlings is the most common problem when starting seeds is too little light.
Wire Hoop Plant Supports.It can be expensive and tricky to adequately support a whole cut flower garden, here are some plant supports you can make yourself…
Flower Frames
Our own ‘invention’ these double Plant Staking with Cold Frames and extend our season here in the Chiltern Hills right on the Buckinghamshire / Bedfordshire border…
In order to have a season long display rather than one big bonanza, you should plant bulbs with a variety of flowering times.
To accompany our Instagram Stories on ‘Overwintering Dahlia Tubers’ here are my top key points Rule #1 is keep your Dahlias dry while they hibernate We don’t wash our Dahlia tubers until the Spring as we find this just discourages the likelihood that they will not freeze or rot. Rule #2 gentle humidity and ventilation…
Drying Strawflowers and wiring.
It is better to wire flowers fresh and then dry them, they are easier and less fragile.
Dahlia Hall of Fame, the very best Dahlias to grow as cut Flowers for Flower arranging, Weddings and Events
Is there any flower in the world more beautiful than a Peony?
Herbaceous Peonies are the most well known type of peony and probably the most converted Wedding Flower ever! Not a single stem is wasted.
Here are my top tips on how to grow Herbaceous Peonies.
