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Gardening Under Glass 



An astonishingly wide range of things can be grown in a single small 

 house. Imagine, for instance, what you could do with one like this. 



Get away from that ''greenhouse culture" re- 

 striction — it is the wrong idea. Here is why I 

 say so: 



That Httle greenhouse of mine was built in 

 February. It was made possible then by re- 

 moving a big pile of manure from the sunny side 

 of a shed. The manure had kept the ground 

 from freezing, so we were able to dig post 

 holes and get some soil to start growing things 

 in. 



Now, had I ever before worked in a green- 

 house, undoubtedly it would not have occurred 

 to me to try so manj' things. It wasn't ortho- 

 dox! But just as soon as the ground began to 



