Show J SAGE I i YN r- r m GROWING EARLY LY PLANTS IN BACKYARD HOTBED 1 I V pk p k r x M S r 7 17 ft t 2 j ey r 4 q tt t 4 t r hr e Proper selection of ot l seeds eds with which to plant a garden rarden is stressed by the United States State Department of ot ture tare It should be the aim of at every home gardener this year to grow a a. better garden 1 by 7 making the most In in- In Intelligent u lIB use of the available space apace not ODI only b by employing better methods method but by planting teed seeds of the highest quality The first cost ot or seed seeds Is II comparatively small email but it le III very I Im Important lm- lm tent pot that th the M ds planted should b be the very bt best beet t obtainable Gardeners are advised to th the 1 catalogues ot of reliable seed firms firm and spend a little UtU time In g and checking up vp th the seeds that win wig b be needed for tor planting PO not be misled milled by the highly colored and l d 1 much advertised 1 i. i novelties bat stick to the standard well known aJ and d proved varieties advise the pe- pe Good seeds seed should never be waited to so figure carefully upon the amount required d and nd place your order earl early before the best belt stocks stock are re ex ex- ex hausted Perhaps the seeds leeda can be bought ht from local Joeal dealer If It not Dot order or der den should go 10 to a lee seed eed house hou In me menel some nel neighboring city so ao the seeds eed edl may be received in ample time When the they are received unpack and check cherk them to see ee that no pert part rt of or the order ha h. has been overlooked then theD store Etore the seeds seed In a mou proof ventilated container sech at as a perforated tin Un box They should bould be bo kept In a moderate tempera temper tare rare and end where th they will not trees tree i or be exposed to moisture Have Haye Early Vegetable Half the pleasure and profit of a garden i la II derived from tram having something something some some- thing to ue use Just jUlI a as al eart early In the spring a BI as possible lu Iu many cities and end towns lIS the local loral greenhouse men grow thousand thou sands sand of ot plants which are sold to home bume gardeners at reasonable place v It often happens happen however that home bona gardeners gardener do not have bave the opportunity to 10 purchase well well grown grown plants plant and mu t start alart their own supply of ut early plants plant In the house hou or in a hotbed if It they desire to have han their crops crop mature early Among the garden crops cros that run may rany be Lot started to advantage nd In thi this thle manner are tomatoes early earll cabbage peppers eggplant und and lettuce i even cucumbers cucumber melon beets beet snap Map beans bean lima Ilma bean beans and sweet corn ma may be started indoors Indoor by using flower dower pots pot paper ban bands band I or berm borr boxes to bold hold the Ih toll soil Where re the tits required number of at plants plant 1 is I. ton loo great tar for growing In window boxes a hotbed or may be provided ed The usual method of ot oo- oo a d botU-d U Is Or st firt t to dI dig a shallow pit 8 IS to l 18 inches tle deep i a ac according according ac- ac cording to locality and puck tt It fall full of ot fermenting stable manure The manure before being placed In fn the pit should be turned over once or twice in a pile In order to insure eves even heat hlat ing It may then be packed pocked Into t the tM hotbed pit and tramped uniformly Standard hotbed sashes lashes are are 3 feet teet wide and 0 6 feet teet long lOng and the the- the site II sine of the bed should be made to snit suit the number Dumber of sashes Bathes employed A It framework frame work of boards 18 to to 24 Inches loch high at the buck Luck and ard lib about ut 12 Inches high in 10 front 1 Is I. placed over the manure- manure filled filed pit to support the sash ash Ue U. for tor T Thermometer et About 3 or 4 inches Inch of ot fine tIne garden loam la II spread pread evenly ever over the manure and the bed allowed to te stand tand four tour or five Ave days day to warm up beto before any my seed I Is III sown eown At first ant the tempe temperature re of the bed may nay run ruD rather high and ItIs it itis itta Is ta best belt to delay dely planting the seeds in lu luit It until it begin begins to decline This This' can best beet be determined by planting a thermometer thermometer ther ther- thermometer with the bulb about three Inches I below elow the surface of ot the soil loll The temperature should fall tin below 85 86 degrees deres before seed seeds are re planted If U filled glas sashes ahe are not available available avail avail- able for tor covering the hotbed heavy muslin may be used Instead i the glass however makes make tl tle te a most mOlt desirable form torm of ot covering Care Caro must be taken to give rhe the bed sufficient efficient ventilation te to prevent overheating a a. a Jt U to liable to heat up very rapidly rapidly- when the sun nn shines full tull upon the glass Watering should l Ie be e done dune during the early parly port pert of the till day and the bed given enough air so that the plants will dry off otT before be fore forn night The bed I should hould to he dosed before betor evening In order to conserve l h heat at to carry It through the phalli tn to good condition If it the weather er err r st o ld turn severely cold collI a covering cov coy ering of ot straw blanket or canvas may be hI thrown over the b bed to protect prote pro pro- te JI it It Construction A Is U constructed In exactly exactly exact exact- ly the seine Maine manner as aI a hot hotbed tiM with the exception that hut no manure I le placed beneath It to supply heat lIat Before the r plants l nt are set In lu the gar pr g r- r den either from rein the hotbed or the they should be gradually hardened to outside conditions condition by IrIvIn giving IrIv- IrIv In ing then them more Dore ventilation each ach day fleetly finally remove the be entirely on bright days day and replace them during the night bights The Tb aim should be to toJi p. p produce IW strong healthy plants plant that will make mab a quick start when placed la In the g garden rd n. n |