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solar charging your garden


Blog by Jennifer Brock | March 23rd, 2012


Solar-charged Hot Water Bottles

Water-filled containers painted flat black absorb solar warmth during the day and release the heat at night, so they are worthwhile additions to your season-stretching raised bed, plastic covered garden. The squared sides of half-gallon milk jugs make them easy to stack into the back wall of a cold frame, or you can include a black water-filled barrel in your cold frame’s design.