Cold frames

I've decided that this is the year to try cold frames out.  Mostly, I think that they'd be tremendously helpful in improving my hardening off process for my warm weather seedlings since, as we know from years past, my hardening off method is haphazard at best.  I figure that a cold frame will give the little guys a much better chance at not being sunburned and/or eaten by Bullet and Lily.  Since we don't have a root cellar, and have minimal winter storage abilities, I'm also really intrigued by the idea of being able to continue to harvest fresh vegetables through the winter.  Mike and I had a surprisingly animated conversation about the proper placement of the cold frames (this is an issue that we both apparently have strong feelings about, but I won in the end.  Or at least, I think I did), and I think we've settled on building three 3x10 cold frames on the south side of the garden.  Mike wanted the cold frames in the garden, but I think that would just be too hard to get to in the winter.

We're using Eliot Coleman's Four Season Harvest as a guide for how to build and use our cold frames, and so I need to come up with a plan (and possibly, more seeds) for this experiment.

Cold Frame 1 (closest to house - winter and spring harvest)
Arugula (plant 8/1-8/21, harvest 10/1 - spring)
Endive (plant 7/10-7/20, harvest 9/15-11/30)
Escarole (plant 7/10-7/20, harvest 9/15-11/30)
Lettuce (plant 7/21-9/7, harvest 9/15-11/30, plant again 9/15-10/15, harvest 3/1-5/1)
Onion (plant 10/1-10/15, harvest 2/15-5/1)
Spinach (plant 10/1-10/15, harvest 2/15-5/1)
Parsnip (plant 6/1, harvest spring)
Chives
Oregano
Thyme
Swiss chard (plant 6/1-9/10)
Kale (plant 7/15-9/1)
Leek (plant 7/1-8/15)
Broccoli rabe (Plant 1/15)
*According to Coleman, I can plant succession plantings for the spring of arugula, broccoli raab, carrots, claytonia, cress, endive, escarole, lettuce, mache, mizuna, orach, parsley, peas, purslane, radicchio, radishes and spinach in mid-January*

Cold Frame 2 (middle - fall and winter harvest)
Carrots (plant 8/1, harvest 12/1 - Spring)
Kohlrabi (plant 8/1 - 8/15, harvest 11/1 - spring)
Parsley (plant 6/1-7/15, harvest 10/1-spring)
Spinach (plant 9/15-10/15, harvest 12/1-spring
Beets (plant 8/1, harvest 12/1 - spring)
Radish (plant 9/1-10/15, harvest 10/1-11/30)
Scallion (plant 7/1-7/15, harvest 10/1-spring)
Turnip (Plant 8/1-9/15)

Cold Frame 3 (furthest from house - home base for summer/fall seedlings)
Since we probably won't have the cold frames built until at least March or April, this bed will primarily be used to house the seedlings that we're hardening off.  Maybe I can also start some seedlings in here as well for fall succession crops?  I have to do more reading.