Show 1 1 bc ORO UL to supply table with vegetables Cold frame lo Is advocated as means of providing the crispy greens kitchen gardens were a necessary adjunct to tile tho home in the earlier duys days but nt fit present a 0 kitchen cold frame Is advocates advocat ea as a Ill means eulls or of supplying tile tho family table with fresh lettuce parsley radi radishes sties cress anti and other vegetables nt at periods of tile year when it Is too cold to grow these things in the open grou ground nl while it la 1 true th that lilt tile alio cold framo frame may inny not give very good re stilts during the winter months especially in tile tho northern part of tho the country yet YC it in ili tile tho early spring excellent results may limy bo be lind had from its use according to tile the united santes department of agriculture I 1 tho construction of a Is comparatively ay iy simple plo us its tile side walls valls may bo be made of boards brick hollow tile or concrete where the construction Is in or of boards cypress lumber should bo be used anti and it Is it i good plan to havo tile tho walls walla ando double tind and somo some dry straw or mill shavings packed in tile the space between them if tile walls walla tire of brick they should bo be plastered both inside inaldo find and out to make thorn them adir tight MIlo allo walls should also bo be pla plastered sterea the samo sallie as brick ono one of the best beat types ef cf construction Is 18 simply to put in a little foundation then set up tip frames and tamp in well avell mixed concrete consist consisting hig of about three parts clean broken stone or gravel two parts sharp band and one part cement tile the ingredients should bo be placed on n mixing board or in a n box and thoroughly mixed white dry then water added gradually find and tile the mass turned three or four times until it Is thoroughly mixed find and Is of a consistency sis sisi tency ency that can readily be tamped camped as it Is put into tho the forms the size of cold frame framo to build will depend upon ci circumstances acu ni stances standard cold framo frame or hotbed are 3 by G feet in size and tho the frann may be constructed ted to accommodate one two or even as high na as five or six of these slash tho the front or south wall of tile cold frame should be about 12 inches in height tho the rear car or north wall should bo be 24 to 80 30 inched high and tho the ends enda sloping to correspond with tho the front and rear walls wooden plates preferably of 2 by 6 cypress material should be bedded on top of tile the wall and held in place by bolts 0 V hw V jj g mm ja 09 WK X W X W X ul 1 I A Well Constructed Cold frame alint extend down into the concrete rafters upon which tile tho sash rest are fitted to those plates at the upper side of the bed a board should be put anju on in such spell manner tier that flint tile end of the sash will slide up tip beneath it making the bed tight the lower end of tile sash should extend slightly over the edge of tile the bed to carry on tile water in addition to the sash covering straw mats blankets or even old cur car pot pet may bo be used to keep out cold where the cold frame fraine can bo be located on tile the south side of the garage tills this will give it extra protection A well constructed conster feted bed of tills this character will 1 provide lettuce and other salad crops without the application of artificial heat beat plants may bo be started in the living room during february and planted in the bed in march giving a supply of salad for the table during the spring months or until outdoor lettuce radishes and spinach con can be grown |