. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. It is surprising how most people over-estimate the difficulties and expense of maintaining a small greenhouse. In relation to the pleasure one brings, the cost is exceedingly small. A lean-to t3pe of greenhouse, such as has been built on the east wall of this house, is within reach of almost any owner of a small country plaee CHAPTER XX THE COLDFRAME AND THE HOTBED THE simplest form of home glass is the
. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. It is surprising how most people over-estimate the difficulties and expense of maintaining a small greenhouse. In relation to the pleasure one brings, the cost is exceedingly small. A lean-to t3pe of greenhouse, such as has been built on the east wall of this house, is within reach of almost any owner of a small country plaee CHAPTER XX THE COLDFRAME AND THE HOTBED THE simplest form of home glass is the cold-frame. The simplest hothouse is the ma-nure heated coldframe or hotbed. The following directions for making the framesand preparing the soil for them are taken from theauthors Home Vegetable Gardening. For the ordinary garden, all the plants neededmay be started successfully in hotbeds and cold-frames. The person who has had no experiencewith these has usually an exaggerated idea of theircost and of the skill required to manage them. Theskill is not as much a matter of expert knowledgeas of careful regular care, daily. Only a few min-utes a day, but every day. The cost need be butlittle, especially if one is a bit handy with sash which serves for the cover, and is re-movable, is the important part of the may be had, ready glazed and p
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