cold frame

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Recent Examples of cold frame 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 In colder climates, consider adding a cold frame topper to raised beds for an extended growing season. Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024 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 Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cold frame
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Noun
  • University poses first big obstacle in administration’s push for change For the Trump administration, Harvard presents the first major hurdle in its attempt to force change at universities that Republicans say have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.
    Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Columbia University, which became a hotbed of protests over the Israel-Hamas war last year, capitulated to a similar list of demands from the Trump administration and ousted its interim president in late March.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After packing the soil around the cutting, make a mini greenhouse to conserve humidity by covering the pot with a plastic bag, being careful the bag doesn't touch the leaves.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Aluminum greenhouse: on sale for $345 (10% off) Original price: $383.59 A greenhouse makes a statement and is the perfect place to grow many of your favorite plants.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 Fashion Award winner Melitta Baumeister could be found quietly chatting in the Cooper Hewitt’s conservatory with a handful of friends, who were dressed in her architectural designs.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Vocal Ensemble from the music conservatory at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts will perform in the food court at the open-air shopping center.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025

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