A protected cold frame

Bringing home the lumber: two pieces, 10'x10"x2"	Measuring one board against the light (glass top) - the light is a discarded glass sliding door.	The boards, the light and, in the background, the pots which will go into the cold frame
Three of the pieces before they are nailed together	The frame assembled and put in place	The frame earlier this week: three inches of snow with a hard ice top
The well-packed frame: there are over 250 pots and probably as many taxa - all in two square yards!	Starting from the back left: Zephyranthes atamasco (narrow upright foliage), Oxalis 'Garnet', Nerine sarniensis 'Corusca', Oxalis 'Ken Aslet';if you look carefully, you can make out a Camellia in the lower right quadrant. The Zephyranthes, Oxalis and Nerine are planted into the ground, not in pots.	Fritillaria bucharica on February 21, 2007
Fritillaria gussichiae photographed February 21, 2007	Fritillaria hermonis in advanced bud; photographed February 21, 2007	Narcissus cantabricus foliosus photographed February 21, 2007
Ipheion 'Alberto Castillo' photographed February 21, 2007	Crocus sieberi 'Firefly' photographed February 21, 2007: even familiar plants take on an enhanced beauty when you see them for the first time each year.	The cold frame open to a sunny winter day; if the temperature is predicted to drop below freezing at night, the glass will be lowered and the blue tarp will be spread over the closed frame for additional protection.