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what a great idea! instead of piling up my tomato cages over winter, they could be covered with plastic and used as cold frames. the 17th century french placed cloches or glass jars over their veggies to prolong the growing season. your idea gives more space. the only problem i know of is that if leaves actually touch the plastic, they can get frost-bitten. also if you place them in a direct southern exposure, be careful the plants don't get too hot. spinaches don't like extreme temperatures and may bolt or fail to germinate. good luck, bob! anything we can do to prolong our growing season puts more food in the pantry. your cold frames or mini-greenhouses are a creative way to do this. a+ on your composting bucket idea as well. it's wonderful you kept windows and other items out of our overflowing landfills to use as materials for your greenhouse. we had 4 landfills in our kansas city area, 1 of which is already closed and the 2nd one is almost filled. since over half of what goes into landfills is plant material, we gardeners could solve over half the problem if we encouraged that material to be composted instead.