Show SUREST WAY TO HAVE GARDEN NEXT SPRING Impossible to Dig Properly After Ground Freezes Hard Essentials Are Arc Framework of Boards and Sash or Light Canvas for Cov Cov Cov- Covering ering Fill ering-Fill Fill Pit With Leaves In Early Winter Prepared by the United States Department Depart ment meat of Agriculture The surest way to have an early garden garden gar gar- den next spring Is to prep prepare prepare re a hotbed hotbed hot hot- bed and a n cold frame or a tIon of the two this fall faU After the ground freezes hard I It will be impossible lm im possible to dig a pit properly and construct construct construct con con- the frame preparatory to making making mak mak- ing a hotbed The esser l is are a framework of boards sash or light canvas for a covering Standard hotbed sash are three by six feet In size and the frame can be made to fit one two or more of these sash The framework of boards should be 18 to 24 Inches high at the back or north northside northside northside side and 10 to 12 Inches high In the front or south side The frame should be so arranged that the sash will not only slide on ways b but t also that they may be lifted lilted or tilted at any angle for ventilation The framework should be painted and the sash should be given at least two coats of white lead and linseed oil with a little drier added before the glass Is put In In glazing hotbed sash the putty Is first spread In the grooves on the sash br bars the glass then being bedded in the putty and well pressed down The bottom bottom bot tom light or glass In each row should be bl put In first then the second light should overlap the first one about one one- fourth of an Inch and so on until each section of the sash is filled the ast last piece of glass being cut to fill fiU out ont the remaining space Each piece of glass is fastened In place by means of special special spa spa- cial glazing points driven Into the wooden sash bar I The hotbed pit should be 12 to 14 19 Inches deep and Just a trifle smaller the framework of boards The dirt removed from the pit Is used to bank around the frame The pit may be filled with leaves during the early winter to prevent the soil freezing and the sash stored where they will be protected from the weather until time timeto to start plants In the beds If this part of the work Is done now there will be no difficulty In getting an early start for a spring garden |