Show FRESH vegetables ALL THE YEAR ROUND 1 1 IPA 0 s w X A I 1 A P 0 o I 1 I 1 the season makes no difference nowadays in our big cities where the markets offer a all I 1 the fresh green gree vegetables of r all the year round the entire cost of a substantial hotbed need not be over 12 to 16 15 writes C E durst durat of the illinois uni ver varsity sity and the materials can be used year after year by its use cabbages tomatoes lettuce cauliflower and other vegetables are secured from ano weeks to a month earlier than waiting tor for the sun to sprout garden seed select a site on the side of a hill with a southern exposure where good drainage can be secured it a hillside is not available lable build the hotbed in the shelter of a board fen fence c e to protect it from north and west winds dig a pit feet and ano feet deep and fit over it a frame made of boards using two inch stuff for the longer sides take make one sido side of the frame six inches higher than tho the other and slant it toward tho the south fill the pit with well tramped stable manure which heats beats very rapidly after tho the violent action has subsided coner the manure with six inches of rich garden soil which should be well raked before seeds are arc planted bank manure around the frame which can be covered by five toot foot glass sashes cover the hotbed mith esith boards or blankets on cold nights ghe the plants plenty of 0 fresh air on warm days by lifting the sashes cashes sprinkle the bed in the morning when it needs watering |