A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



sprinkle lightly and stand the boxes on a south 

 or southwest window in a living-room where 

 the temperature averages sixty degrees. Until 

 the seedlings show above the ground, it is ad- 

 visable to keep a sheet of window glass over 

 them, raising slightly at one end at the middle 

 of the day for ventilation. If the nights are 

 very cold, throw a woollen cloth or newspaper 

 over and around the sides of the boxes, to 

 avoid frost. 



The seeds to be started this month are, for 

 the flower garden: hollyhocks, wallflowers, 

 pinks, pansies, verbenas, stocks, sweet-will- 

 iams, nasturtiums, salvia. When ordering 

 seeds, specify that annual hollyhocks and 

 wallflowers are desired, else you will get no 

 blossoms the first year from these plants. 



For the vegetable garden: cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, Brussels sprouts, and lettuce. 



For the last two years we have filled about 

 two dozen empty paper cases in which break- 

 fast cereals come with rich mould, and in 

 the middle deposited half a potato. These 



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