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The Garden Magazine, October, 1921 



No. 4 Poultry House for 200 hens — 5 



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(Continued from page 116) 



eludes chapters on bird-house construction, the 

 organization of bird-clubs, and some compre- 

 hensive lists of materials to be planted; leaving 

 the reader convinced of the necessity for doing 

 something about the bird, and doing it promptly! 

 That indispensable aid to general gardening, 

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HEADING CABBAGE DURING 

 WINTER 



MOST garden makers who grow Cabbage 

 for winter use have had the experi- 

 ence of freezing weather arriving before some 

 of the plants have developed eatable heads. 

 Usually these slow-heading plants are left stand- 

 ing in the garden over winter — a total loss — or 

 possibly are fed to poultry or other stock if one 

 has such. A chance occurrence a few years ago 

 led me to try a scheme for finishing off these slow- 

 heading plants during the winter. 



One spring I found that several plants 

 which had been protected through the winter 

 by a deep pile of tree trimmings and wind 

 blown leaves, had formed good heads during the 

 winter. This gave me the idea of experimenting 

 with such slow growing plants the following fall. 



As these plants were scattered over the cabbage 

 plot, 1 made a wide (3 ft.) and shallow (10 in.) 

 trench in the most sheltered part of the garden. 

 Then the plants were dug up with a spade and 

 reset in this trench in their natural growing 

 position. They were set in a compact double row 

 and as close together in the row as possible with- 

 out pressing the leaves of one plant against 

 another. Transplanting done, a piece of 3 inch 

 wide plank was sharpened and driven into the 

 ground at each end of the double row, and a 

 stout pole — about 2-3 in. in diameter — placed 

 atop, making a "ridge-pole." This ridge-pole 

 is about 95 inches above the tops of the Cabbage 

 plants. Short boards were placed close together 

 and on end from the ridge-pole to the ground at 

 edge of trench forming a roof. On this roof a 

 thin layer of old Potato vines, etc., was placed 

 and then an 8 in. layer of earth — or, enough to 

 keep the soil of trench from freezing. The old 

 vines are to help keep the soil in place on the 

 slanting roof. The ends of this shed are closed 

 by driving pieces of board or old barrel staves 

 into the ground against which a mat of ever- 

 green boughs is placed. A heap of leaves or 

 bundles of straw instead of the boughs would do 

 as well, of course. At the ends next to the ridge- 

 pole a small opening is left in the boarding for 

 ventilation. But I have not experimented on the 

 size of this to find out just how much is best. 



After a mild winter this shed was opened in 

 mid-March and nearly every plant had formed a 

 gcod firm head, more delicate in flavor than the 

 outdoor grown ones. 



Lew Brown, Indianapolis. 



