Winter Storage 



construct these little storage places and any handy 

 man, or woman, for that matter, can put up some- 

 thing that will answer the purpose by the aid of 

 a hammer and saw, a sheet or two of board and 

 a few pieces of two-by-four to nail to. 



CABBAGE 



Are best stored in the root cellar, they may be 

 pulled and stood up in the corner of the cellar 

 and the roots buried in somewhat damp earth or 

 they may be cut, the roughest leaves trimmed 

 and the heads buried in earth, setting them upside 

 down so that the earth will not work inside the 

 leaves ; handled in this way they should come out 

 sound and good in spring. Wrapping in news- 

 papers, where the supply is limited is sometimes 

 successful, the main thing being to protect from 

 the ail' and too great cold and to prevent the 

 spread of decay which may attack individual 

 heads. 



CAULIFLOWER 



May be pulled at the approach of severe 

 weather, the lower leaves removed and the plants 



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