“Sew we will, won’t we, Eleanor?” laughed Mary Frances.
“Was that a pun?” asked Billy. “Why, Mary Frances!”
“She meant we will so,” Eleanor tried to explain, but everybody smiled.
“You do not need to sew if the beds are narrow, for the cheese-cloth will be wide enough,” Billy said, “nor if you use another method of shading the seed beds. I mean if you use—
Lattice Shade Frame
Instead of using cheese-cloth, laths are fastened to the upright stakes to form a “lattice.”
“I think the cheese-cloth frame would be less trouble to make.” Eleanor was much interested.
“All right, then,” said Billy. “We’ll expect you to have your part ready in time.”
“Do you leave the cheese-cloth, or the lattice shade frame over them all winter?” asked Mary Frances.