This is my favorite photograph of the kitchen garden in May 2013.
Two handmade pentagonal cold frames are arranged symmetrically beside a sundial in the center.
When I made four pentagonal raised beds in the kitchen garden, I designed several pentagonal cold frames and made a paper model of one of the designs.
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| Paper models of pentagonal and triangular cold frame |
The final design was determined and I started to build it.
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| A pentagonal base framework was made of timber. |
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| A framework was completed and painted dark blown. |
Basal five rectangular parts of the cold frame were covered with transparent polycarbonate, and other triangular windows were covered with fine metal mesh. In a cold season, thin plastic film was overlaid to keep its inside warm. The center triangular part was made openable for inside cares.
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| In wintertime, plastic film was overlaid on the fine metal mesh of triangular windows. |
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| In warmer season, triangular windows were covered with fine metal mesh. |
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| Cherry blossoms over the kitchen garden with two pentagonal cold frames (2013) |
Those cold frames are lovely, Very original and, I'm sure, very useful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. A weak point of the cold frames is its size and weight. It takes two people to move it.
Deleteすてきなコールドフレームは御自作だったのですね♪
ReplyDelete使い勝手のいい作りになっていて、年中使えそうですね。
真夏はさすがにhot frameになります（笑）
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