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Old February 11, 2012   #10
Sherry_AK
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Originally Posted by rxkeith View Post
tom,

cars work for a rolling greenhouse. one year i started some beans in a strawberry flat, and put it on the back shelf of the impala we had. do cars even have a shelf in the back anymore? it worked really well. i was picking beans 2 weeks earlier that year. this was in detroit probably in the late 70s. on warm days, you would prolly need to crack a window to avoid cooking them. back end of a station wagon would work too with windows on 3 sides.


keith
Off topic, but I used to use the bed of a pick-up truck to harden off tomatoes. I could just move it around as necessary to stay in the shade, or expose to the sun gradually. Then right back in the garage on a chilly night! It worked really well.

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