346 Gardening 



Use of hotbeds and cold frames for storage. These 

 may be used for storage in the same manner that pens are 

 used. The beds may be emptied by the time they are 

 needed for growing seedlings in the following spring. 

 Late crops of lettuce, celery, and endive may be grown 

 directly in the soil of hotbeds and cold frames. As freez- 

 ing temperatures occur, the top may be covered and the 

 crop removed as desired. 



Storage in attics. Sweet potatoes and squashes may 

 sometimes be stored in an attic near a chimney. Onions 

 may be kept in rather cool attics, as they are not injured 

 by slight freezing, although it is best not to submit them 

 to alternate freezing and thawing. Dry beans and peas 

 may be stored in an attic or even on the pantry shelf. 



To provide suitable means for winter storage of home- 

 grown vegetables is thus in most cases a simple matter. 

 The cellar and the attic are usually to be had in the home. 

 Cool rooms are easily made, and once made are perma- 

 nent. Outdoor barrel pits, banks, and pens also are 

 easily and quickly constructed and afford efficient means 

 of keeping vegetables fresh. 



The produce raised on a small garden plot will per- 

 haps be used directly from the garden, but a garden no 

 larger than 4 by 5 rods may yield some produce for 

 storage. 



During the winter months fresh vegetables such as 

 beets, carrots, and cabbages are much needed in the diet, 

 and it is during winter that these vegetables usually 

 reach their highest market price. Potatoes, which the 

 small gardener will perhaps buy in the market, may be 



