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
  • Romania has also been a hotbed of sociopolitical protests.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • At that point, Detroit, Michigan was a hotbed for an array of diverse music, with the Motown sound set against that of rockers Bob Seger, Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent as well as punk acts like Iggy Pop and The Stooges or the MC5.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 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
  • One of the area’s latest listings is Nightingale, a $63 million mansion built like a modern conservatory.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Founded in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson using National Endowment for the Arts funding, the AFI’s conservatory for patronless strivers eventually was validated by Lynch’s originality.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025

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