| Show hOTBEDS on Their The hot bot b bed 1 properly constructed stands for the green house In that I it furnishes under the natural method blom bottom heat hrat and II is usually covered wih with glazed sash The gardening sa sea season son on Sn In the tho major porton portion of the union says y Homo home and Garden may ho be made mado practically to cover cOer tho lie year rund round I It one no his hs this convenient accessory to the Iho vegetable garden The Thu philosophy ot Of the tho hot b bed 1 I based upon the In Intense intense tense heat which II I enert l b by the tho fermentation of oC hol horse manure The best mal ral for this purpose II Is t to be ob taine tamed from the livery stable where bedding II used In limited quantities The frer freer the manure Is from straw trw I chaff faw saw du dust l ha hay or In fact 81 any of oc I the foreign materials the bler better It la is for tor beating braUng pur purA purposes A very er good hotbed I iii one of tour Sour sashes frt feet making a bd bed I I Cx feet I It II is tile quantity of vegetables or nn any chants which may be prout produced therein Orinal Ordinary hot hotbeds bes beds b be started by March let letIn 11 In the ot of the union S S let lect a high knol knoll where water vater llos loss not stand and for Cor a ld bed of the 11 size cite us eight lod leeds of ma manur mire nur This mi may W thrown tn in 1 a pie nile say y Salt feet fHt as al high as ma 10 be for the quantity named Alow this to stand In this condition Ihre three days das Then rework the manure beginning at the end nd wih with a foric starting a pile pUe nt at the end of the main eIght fel feet In width fork cork over oer the entire eight loads distributing evenly and ond firmly so 0 that when whon the tho manure settles down as ao asit It ver er soon wi will tIp tho surface Inu may reo re remaIn maIn level leel Such n a pie pile when finished hould be fet feet In dimension Ind and 2 to 3 fet feet In height height Many Iun excavate the surface or of the erth earth and put tho lie manure In the bel bed thus forme formed Thil This do does s not seem to be as 01 lat lS 88 building on the surface of the ground rund Tue fhe manure boing r reworked and prop erl settled over Ue the pie pile a frame upon which th the Bo sash h should rest The Thu hotbed should hould be located east and west westA lt A rugh rough board frame biZ feet teet of which this the ido Ihal shall bu be I Mh linch boards the north side Ido an 1 18 Inch bord board wih with the two ends mea eloping on th the top tep from 1 18 to toa a 12 inches are the limPer dimensions Inside ot of this sides Ial flail a strip Ix lx Inches one Inch helo below the top ege edge of the At t intervals ot of three feet across the frame nail naU 24 a till longer langer than thon six feet the upper Pg edge of at which shall hol he be nus wih wIth the strips These Thee turin form the supports for the lie sash Wih With the frame In position piece ioe nn fInely I soil ol of 1 a Kool good defre degree of rich nS nose OVer the entre entIre surface ot of the m nure within the tho frame to t a depth of three or four Inches I It Is an excellent Mea Idea to alow allow this earth to stand before planting lt at least long for wee weed seeds d In the earth rth to 10 germinate Once this hal line occurred It Is ery r ens easy to Ile destroy troy thorn by passing over the tho surface or of time the grund ground 1 a fn fine tooth looth rake no Io not depend upon your our Judgment al as asto to the proper condition of oC temperature tur before planting seed Plunge a I good thermometer Into the soil i two or thre three inches lerp deep and note nole the temperature When Whon I it line has falen fallen to 10 70 10 degrees ti the reeds Is may be put In the grunt ground I Pol ol lowing the first plantings ot of lettuce and radish so 10 keen I lon longed for tor In h horl ia earl orl may be e tomatoes cabbage cauliflower and cole celery Alt Also harly hardy flower ower annuals Follow this crP crop which wi will naturally be out of the hot hotle hotbed le bed an transplanted not than anI the second wok week In June June with wih planted tomato plants melons melon ber bere or any of the somi hardy Plants whoso whose success depends on not being pinched inched b by earl early autumn frostS Out Outside side or of labor the entro entire cost COit of such uch COI corp will not nol be to fo exceed ten dol dollar lar Ind and nothing can le be one upon n a farm where n a family l I living that will willbe I be more Profitable thAn such n a um sum of mony money n tel expended In the manner |
