The Coldframe

The day has come when I feel like we truely are allotment people. Our home made cold frame is ready for dispatch to the plot. The story of our cold frame started with the delivery of a strange electrical device at my work. The tower was interesting but it's container more-so. A two metre long wooden crate! I looked at it and saw a coldframe in crate's clothing!
With a bit of clever work gas man removed the extra three pieces of wood that formed a foot and we eased it into the back of our car. A skipping rope held the boot shut as we drove it carefully home.
Once there we picked up some wood stain and bought a new saw. Then we worked out that we should try to angle the top on a plane that would match the width of the lid if at all possible. So we started the angled cut to the inner edge of the frame and managed to do just that.
We started applying stain first with the clouds on the horizon in mind. Then we jemmied off the top reinforcing strut and used a jig saw to cut the side. Then the reinforcement could be angled and returned to it's position with the help of a power drill and some screws. We were able to cut down the front age fairly easily and then the final short side.
More stain applied while we worked on the lid. Three large hinges later we were able to add three extra struts to the lid before cutting out holes for the perspex. We figured that would make the sheet of ply that filled the lid like a template and the extra struts more reinforcing rather than just cutting the whole panel out. Plus it made fore slightly easier construction.
We were able to grind off the ends of screws that protruded but basically the frame was ready.
We are going to add corrugated perspex to fill the 'windows'in the lid to make it safer and lighter to use.
This frame will be portable and we want to stand it on the bit of a our plot with the pooreset ground so we can work on improving it.