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THE AMATEUR’S KITCHEN GARDEN. 
abut is simply a strip of board six inches in depth and two 
inches in thickness. For frames of four or five lights no sup- 
port will be required for the ridge-board, but for frames of 
greater length it will be necessary to have uprights about ten 
feet apart, and these should, as far as practicable, be placed 
immediately under the joints. 
We now come to the consideration of the primitive turf-pit, 
the cheapest and not the least valuable of all garden struc- 
tures. This will be found of considerable value for hardening 
beclders, and for wintering plants that require only moderate 
protection. They should be put out of sight, as they are by 
no means attractive at their best, and, when in a dilapidated 
state, they are positively unsightly; hence the necessity 
for keeping them in the background. When turf pits are 
made for utilizing old lights, the size of the latter must be 
taken into consideration, and the dimensions of the pit regu- 
lated accordingly. In any other case the dimensions should 
be the same as recommended for the lean-to brisk pit, or 
rather smaller. It will perhaps be better to have the pit four 
feet six inches in width instead of five feet, and the lights 
three feet in width. The walls will not, of course, be so strong 
as those made of brick, and, by having smaller lights, the 
strain will not be so great. To make a pit of turf that will 
not tumble down as soon as it is finished, mark out a space, 
and at each corner drive into the ground a post about six 
inches square, and in the line of the walls at back and front 
drive posts three feet apart, one at each end intermediate 
between the two corner posts. These posts should be three 
by six inches, and fixed with the broadest part across the wall. 
