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Maybe you will make your sash yourself. In that case 

 notice that window sash and garden sash are differently 

 made. Both can be used for our purpose ; but if you must 

 buy, or if you intend to make, have the true garden sash. 

 It takes less wood and less carpentering, and sheds the rain 



Fig. 81. — Home-made Single-sash Frames, to tit Old Storm Windows. 



These frames, made of old lumber, have lasted for years, and are enough to 



supply a garden 100 ft. square with transplanted vegetables. 



better. Then plan your frame according to the measurement 

 of the number of sash that you intend to put side by side. 



Before winter comes, if we are wise, we make our pit and 

 line it with wood. For this purpose we make a sub-frame, 

 just the size of the upper one and eighteen inches deep, or 

 deeper still if we intend to use much manure. Thirty inches 

 is the deepest needed. The lumber may be rough, unless we 

 intend to paint it : smooth wood requires less paint. I 



