How to Use cold frame in a Sentence

cold frame

noun
  • For an early start, sow seeds in a cold frame or in grow tunnels.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The ideal site for a cold frame is facing south, in a sunny location.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Otherwise, set the open bottom of the cold frame directly on the soil.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The cold frame acts like a mini greenhouse and keeps the vegetables from freezing.
    — Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
  • But an unheated greenhouse or cold frame structure will lose heat quickly at night.
    — oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Make a cold frame or hotbed to start early vegetables or flowers.
    — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Using cold frames can help to transition your plants from indoors to outdoors.
    — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Build a cold frame for extended fall gardening starting next month.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Try season-extending methods such as row tunnels and cold frames for fall garden crops.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Plant onion seeds four to six weeks before the last average frost — or even earlier indoors or in a cold frame.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Just be aware that tomatoes, cucumbers and most squashes really do best in a greenhouse or cold frame.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Plant them four to six weeks before the last frost, once the soil has warmed, and use a cold frame to protect them from cold, wet soil in colder regions.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Plant onion seeds 4 to 6 weeks before the last average frost—or even earlier indoors or in a cold frame.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Use temporary protection, such as row covers, or permanent ones like cold frames.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pull them into an unheated garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or similar site.
    — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Follow directions for how each seed needs to be planted, then water and place in a sunny window, near a warm source of heat, or in a cold frame.
    — Trace Barnett, al, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Consider starting seedlings indoors or using tools like grow tents or cold frames to move your plants outdoors before the weather heats up.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2024
  • Protect leafy greens with a cold frame, row cover, or even a temporary little greenhouse (unheated).
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Another technique to shield young vegetable plants from chilly early spring nights is to use a cold frame, though this takes more investment to buy or plan and build.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Not everybody has a greenhouse at their disposal, but cold frames and cloches are easily obtained and simple to use.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Plants can be hardened off in greenhouses and cold frames by simply opening the doors of these structures during the day and closing them again at night.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Sow warm-weather plants like nightshades and cucurbits indoors for transplanting in May. Transplant aster, viola, zinnia, marigold, and delphinium from cold frames to beds.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Some growers work around cold weather by keeping veggies in greenhouses, grow tunnels, or cold frames, which offer some frost protection.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In areas where February is still too cold, cold frames and frost blankets can help you get started early in the season and protect seedlings from freeze damage.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Both really do need an outdoor greenhouse, cold frame or a really sunny summer window, though there are a few varieties that will fruit outdoors.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The most common and typically most safe method is to simply move the containers indoors to a basement, cold frame, unheated garage or garden shed.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The most common and typically most safe method is to simply move the containers indoors to a basement, cold frame, unheated garage or garden shed.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Shelter plants from wind and surround containers with bubble wrap or place them in a cold frame if temperatures go below 15°F.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Mini greenhouses Similar to a cold frame, a mini greenhouse is simply a larger version.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2025

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