Lettuce in the Cold Frame

You do not have to live in Saint Louis long to appreciate its changing weather. I have known snow in the morning and seventy degrees by the afternoon. It is because of this weather, and our new temperate zone, which got Big Guy and I excited to begin planting.

I can hear you screaming…NO! I can assure you we are not crazy as we have a cold frame in our garden. The beauty of this gem is we can grow our starters in our basement, aka our city greenhouse, and then move the plants into the cold frame to harden them off. If the weather goes crazy like the year we had snow in April, we can simply move the plants back to safety.

Our experiment this year is to grow lettuce in the cold frame now to get a kick start on fresh produce for the Spring. I will have to report back to let you know if we were successful. Fingers crossed!