The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

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making a hot.b,i ihai iraiI-laa.aalr
rcq-isi.e To- an early rsnlfn
sot.e randcners make Doc bed. hl
building a uiound a. mauure nn tup "a
the ground bat I prefef a i'f. fs I fh'f.A
ID hul,ls moisture lreftff. 81 ielf IA rIat.
her. the grouul lle. fsir ia fhr snu
ami slopes 90 the suuih anil cf1 lhr
north side 20 the ganien h thr rrouu|i
lay right is a very gu'i plate ~
fence opposite the bit -heil shf1lIl d. 81 j.
feet high and made tight o. Keep To- c.il
" ind On. The pit should hc three frei
" Idle. hftecn inrhe- dcep. and as hong t.
the needs IT thu GARDINER may rriIuirr
After the pit 9. dug ID should d. hlle,l
full OF fresh horse manure we'll miAfd
with straw. OF better still. forrest leaves.
which should be- put under the horses
and trampcd we'll into the manure. lu
iiliing. shake the manure az We'll a. u b.
forked into the pit. and then tramp solid
rs soon ~ YOU have six inches deep in
the pit continue Ia this way until YOU
have the manure several inches above the
level OF the ground. Then make q frame
oil inch boards. three feet wide and ten
Inches deep on the front side and sixteen
| inches on the back eide; set the frame
over the manure, and MI up out side with
the art taken our of the pit. nearly to
the top of the frame all around. Then
IL the manure was pretty dry, pour on
several pals Of warm water and cover
with the glass right away. and leave IL
two or three days. till the heat begins 10
subsidc, then cover with soil six inchc~
deep. This soil should be rich and mel
| low and dry enough to crumble easily.
Then in few hours, il the sun shines,
your bed will be ready to plant.
If any one wishes to make his own
sash he can do so by following these
directions:
Take strip of soft wood two inches
vide, cut the side pieces six feet long
and the cross pieces three feet long
groove the cross pieces with a small
groove plane on both edges. so rs to hold
the glass, halvc the edges of the cross
pieces so as to fit down on the side pieces
then with some inch screws fasten on
one end piece, then put in one row OF
glass and fasten on the next cross piece
ana so on until it is finished. BY this
method the glasses are held firmly in
tnelr places and can be removed by sim
ply loosening one screw in each cross
piece.
will now tell you what to plant in
hot-beds, and when to plant it. If you
have large hot-bed, you may begin by
sowing lettuce and radishes and some
other hardy plants, as early as the l0tl
of March, or earlier if the weather i,
moderate. Cabbage and cauliiower may
also be sown at the same time, bu
should be transplanted into a cold frame
by the middle of April. If YOU wish
you can SOW beet seed as soon as the 25tl
of March, and transplant the same al
cab age. Tomatoes and other tende
plants should not be sown till about 81,
weeks before it is safe to transplant t,
the open ground. If you wish to rails
sweet potato plants, the tubers shou Id b.
covered with mixture of garden sol
and sand to the depth of an inch or so
ana In few days the plants will begi
to show. They should not be plante
much before the first of April, or tn
plants will get too large before it is SAT
to transplant them.