Why Glass is BAD for the Cold Frame

Falling backwards onto this plastic lid was scary.

You can see the mounds of snow behind the frames.

New lid in place.

I have a fun video of feeding the fish but have trouble with uploads-Sorry.

Inside the cold frames some ice has built up - not good for seedlings

Neosho National Fish Hatchery last week - feeding the fish was fun.

I have been trying to keep the snow off the cold frame lids but the snow seems to be winning.  Yesterday I was trying to get the mounds of snow behind the cold frames knocked down so I could push more snow off  and I fell backwards on the lid of one frame - plastic easily breaks - glass would have been a disaster!  So just another reason why not to put old windows as lids for any season extenders.  Old shower curtains, 4mil plastic doubled, or even fiberglass material is fine for the lid cover - but never - never glass.  OK, not much damage to me but my pride and today I put new plastic on the lid. 
The days are getting longer and the sun is warmer ( I fixed the lid in the greenhouse and it was Hot! in there).  All but one of the seed orders are in and I have the list below.  I put the list by supplier this year instead of seed types - easier to make  lists.  With March fast approaching it will be time to put up the plastic insulation in the greenhouse and get the furnace turned on - all this snow can't last.
Happy Gardening

2013 Seed List

I think this year I will list the seeds and the source together...

From Territorial Seed Company

Loma lettuce

Italiko Rossa – red stemmed dandelion

Perfection fennel

Ouinoa – brightest brilliant rainbow

Manny Hybrid – greenhouse cucumber

Summer Dance – garden cucumber

Space spinach

Olympia spinach

Improved Dwarf Siberian kale

Wild Garden kale

Gladiator Hybrid parsnip

Kong sunflower

From Johnny’s Selected Seeds (sent in a box to protect the pelleted seeds!)

Panisse green oakleaf lettuce - pellet

Bambi green romaine lettuce - pellet

Salvius green romaine lettuce – pellet

Venetian lettuce

Win-Win pac choi hybrid

Rubicon napa cabbage

Red Splendor mustard greens

Katrina hybrid cucumber

Alpine daikon radish

Red Rib Italian dandelion

Sweet Thai Asian basil

Aroma basil – pelleted

Genovese basil – pelleted

Titan leaf parsley

Orion fennel

Profusion F1 zinnia

Zahara Double Fire zinnia

From Pinetree Garden Seeds

Gigante Di Inverno spinach

Sbanach spinach

Roquette arugula

Prezzemolo Gigante D Italia parsley

Thymus vulgaris

French thyme

Zefa fennel

Watercress greens (will use an aquarium growing)

Starbor kale

Dwarf Blue Curled kale

Gloriette radish

Tomatoberry Garden tomato

Pacific Beauty mixed calendula

From Jung Seed and Nursery 

Sugary Hybrid tomato

Momotaro tomato

Country Taste tomato

Ultimate Opener Hybrid VF (free trial)

Muncher cucumber (free trial)

Cactus zinnia (free trial)

Carmen pepper

Planet pepper

Cute Stuff Gold pepper

Rover radish

Red Head radish

Dwarf Blueberry collection (Northcounty, Northsky, Northblue)

Rovada red current

Candy hybrid onion plants

From Sand Hill Preservation Center 

Carentan leek

Prizehead lettuce

Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce

Winter Density Cos lettuce

Spring radish mix

Queen Anne’s Pocket melon (fun and fragrant too)

Ledmon watermelon

Royal Golden watermelon

Rouge V’lf D’Etampes pumpkin (mostly for the fragrant flowers!)

Canary Bird zinnia

Enchantress zinnia

Impulse Buys  always a danger but just can’t be helped sometimes!

Hill Country Red okra

Joseph’s Coat amaranth-tricolor (edible leaves)

Illumination amaranthus-bicolor

Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatur)