Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden : Entirely New and Greatly EnlargedO. Judd Company, 1909 - 376 páginas |
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... hot - beds , and are raised with far less trouble . The time of sowing is about February 1st . In sections of the ... bed . I am sometimes asked the question , how much freez- ing and thawing plants of Lettuce , Cabbages , etc. , will ...
... hot - beds , and are raised with far less trouble . The time of sowing is about February 1st . In sections of the ... bed . I am sometimes asked the question , how much freez- ing and thawing plants of Lettuce , Cabbages , etc. , will ...
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... hot - bed will answer the same purpose . A hot - bed , made with manure , about two feet deep , in a proper manner , pro- duces just about the same temperature and general con- ditions as will a well - appointed greenhouse . We find it ...
... hot - bed will answer the same purpose . A hot - bed , made with manure , about two feet deep , in a proper manner , pro- duces just about the same temperature and general con- ditions as will a well - appointed greenhouse . We find it ...
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... hot - bed or green- house in such a climate as Florida . The protection of glass in an ordinary cold frame would give about the same average of temperature there in the winter months . as we would have in the north by artificial heat ...
... hot - bed or green- house in such a climate as Florida . The protection of glass in an ordinary cold frame would give about the same average of temperature there in the winter months . as we would have in the north by artificial heat ...
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... hot - bed . A very important point to always observe is , to cover them so that the frost . will not get to them . In some sections it might be necessary to use a light shutter placed over the sash , and then throw over them the heavy ...
... hot - bed . A very important point to always observe is , to cover them so that the frost . will not get to them . In some sections it might be necessary to use a light shutter placed over the sash , and then throw over them the heavy ...
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... HOT - BEDS . Although we do not consider hot - beds so convenient or even economical in the long run as the forcing - houses , elsewhere described , yet , as beginners in the business are usually not over - supplied with means , and as hot ...
... HOT - BEDS . Although we do not consider hot - beds so convenient or even economical in the long run as the forcing - houses , elsewhere described , yet , as beginners in the business are usually not over - supplied with means , and as hot ...
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