HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Sep 
TEMBER, I913 
sides the above gratifying results, I re¬ 
ceived at least $50 worth of exercise and 
at least $50 worth of pleasure in all the 
new little interests it awakened. 
My advice is to have a garden, no mat¬ 
ter how small it is, because you are sure 
to have, or rather derive, three things, 
namely, exercise, pleasure and profit. 
Finally, an important point is the fact 
that no experience is necessary whatso¬ 
ever. Your seed catalogues give you full 
instructions how to proceed, and it doesn’t 
take long to learn many little tricks and 
improvements after the garden is started. 
During the season, I saved seeds from all 
the largest tomatoes, peas, peppers, etc., 
so I had, or rather have, about $2 worth 
of seeds on hand for the next garden. 
This $2 is not included in the above profit. 
Gardening with Hotbed and Cold- 
frame 
(Continued from page 144) 
or four inches space each way. The soil 
for radishes should not be very rich, and 
especially should it be free from stable 
manure and supplied with plenty of lime 
or plaster, otherwise there will be excess¬ 
ive leaf growths with small and poor qual¬ 
ity roots. 
As already stated, the hotbed is different 
from the coldframe (which depends for 
its heat upon the retention of the warmth 
from the sun’s rays), in being heated arti¬ 
ficially, either by fermenting manure or, 
in rare instances, by hot water or steam 
pipes. Now, while your earliest crop of 
lettuce or cauliflower can go directly into 
the cold frames and mature there, the crop 
which is to follow that, and which will be 
ready about Christmas time, will in most 
localities need some artificial heat to carry 
it through. Therefore, while the plants 
are growing, make preparations to furnish 
the heat as follows: Secure a supply of 
manure, getting that from a livery stable, 
if possible. This should be in good condi¬ 
tion and not “fire-fanged”; that is, not 
burned to a gray ash appearance by its 
own heat. This should be composted with 
litter or leaves, putting in about a third in 
bulk of the latter material. Pile up the 
whole in a square heap and give it a thor¬ 
ough wetting, and after about three or 
four days fork it over, at the same time 
turning it “inside out,” or putting what 
was outside into the middle when you re¬ 
pack it. For best results this operation 
should be repeated three or four times, 
after tramping it down firmly each time. 
Half a cord of manure will be enough for 
two or three sashes, as it should be packed 
in from one to two feet deep, according to 
the severity of the climate and the veg¬ 
etables to be grown on it, and be covered 
with four or, still better, six inches of 
soil. This manure, of course, after it is 
used in the hotbeds will be as good as any 
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