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GARDEN GUIDE 



FRAMES AND THEIR USES 



The garden without its quota of frames is like an automobile without 

 tires; you may run it, but it is hard and slow work to get anywhere 

 with it. Frames, properly managed, will accelerate and supple- 

 ment the garden throughout the year. The frames (which you can 

 build yourself with little trouble if you do not care to buy them) and 

 the sash are not expensive. They cost from one and a half to five 

 dollars, according to quality and whether they are double or single 



Section of a hotbed frame with details of measurements. Reproduced 

 from a Cornell bulletin 



glazed. With reasonable care they will last indefinitely. I have a sash 

 in use today that has been used continuously for over twenty years. 

 Concrete frames are growing in popularity, as they can be built at 

 little additional expense and will last practically forever. They are 

 tighter and warmer than wooden frames, and they do not warp or 

 settle, so that the sash always fits them tightly, a very important point. 

 Standard size sash covers a space 3 by 6 ft., and the frames to sup- 

 port it are made to correspond. In building of wood it is better to use 

 2 in. planks, although inch boards are often employed. In building 

 a wood frame, after ascertaining the correct size to fit the particular 

 sash you are buying, put in posts of 3 by 4 in. stuff witli the inside corner 

 planed down for an inch or so, to avoid a sharp edge. There should 

 be a drop of about from 3 to 4 in from the back to the front. If you 

 can get boards or planks 6 and 9 in. wide, and 6 or 12 ft. in length, 



