THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



ding the dirt makes them a little easier to unearth 

 when wanted, but does not make them keep any 

 better. Of course, if the heap is a large one, it will 

 be necessary to provide ventilation, and this may 

 be done by placing a length or two of old stove- 

 pipe in the centre of the heap and letting one end 

 extend outside, where it should be masked with 

 enough straw to shut out the cold but not to im- 

 pede ventilation. Cabbages are very successfully 

 kept by storing heads downward in a trench in 

 which straw has been placed for a few inches in the 

 bottom and covered up with earth above the tips 

 of the roots and the ridge covered with boards to 

 shed rain. A hotbed makes a very good place for 

 storing cabbage, as it can be gotten into readily 

 at any time during the winter. The earth should 

 be removed as for fitting the bed in the spring; a 

 layer of clean straw placed down on the bottom. 

 The cabbages which have been pulled not cut 

 are placed head down on this and the heads covered 

 with earth ; the remainder of the pit should be filled 

 with straw or leaves to keep out the cold and the 

 sash placed in position. Stored in this way, it is 

 only necessary to reach down into the litter and 

 pull out a head as wanted. 



