A cold frame has been built

Well, the hubby man and I went to our local Lowes yesterday to pick up supplies to build me three raised beds/cold frames.  I had a very vague idea in my head and knew I needed wood and brackets and dirt.  That was the extent of my plans.  I think McGinnis was a bit flummoxed by my response when he asked if I had measured out what I needed.  As if!  You would think after almost four years of marriage he would know me better.  I told him I just needed my boards to be yea high (pantomime hands spread about half a foot) and they all needed to be the same length because they would be square shaped.  The befuzzlement spread across his expression was quite amusing.

But, in the end, it worked exactly as I had vaguely pictured it doing.  And voila!  Here is my first raised bed/cold frame:

I have one further modification to make in order to protect the seeds beneath the plastic a little better.  I will find some strips of wood as long as each side of the box, connect them, and staple the plastic to them.  That way, I can place and remove the plastic covering easily.
Inside this one I have planted some lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, beets, radishes, and romanesco.  The next one will be for my herbs and onions.  And the final one will be placed to the side of the yard as a bed for strawberries.  I've grown strawberries before, but the area in which I placed them was not the best as the mowers were always blowing grass into the bed and spreading weeds.  Hopefully the new spot and placing them in this box will forestall that problem.