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Show CONSTRUCTING A COLD FRAME Detailed Instructions Given for Putting Put-ting Together Quite Useful Contrivance Con-trivance for Winter. To make a cold frame drive 2x2 stakes well in the ground three feet apart, 1n two rows six feet apart, running run-ning east and west. On the inside of the Bottth row nail a board 8 inches ide and on the inside of the north row nail a similar board 12 inches wide. See that the top edge of each board Is level and true. If the bed is made 24 feer. long it will require 3x6 sashes. Nail a board against each end, allowing al-lowing the upper edge of the board to project S inches above the sideboards side-boards and slope them. Cut up 1x4 strips in pli.-ces 5 feet 10 Inches long and nail these every 3 feet across the bed, fiat side up, and flush with the upper edges of the sideboard. Spread well rotted manure inside of this frame, spade and pulverize the earths deeply and you have a first-class cold frame. |