The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-03-23
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GARDENING. -
Gardening time is upon US. And Why
should mol farmers have as good gardens
Is villagers! We always expect when
We see a large enclosure attached 10 a
village residence, thst a well cultivated
sanlen will be found within il; and why
should We not expect the same on every
farm! There is no good reason why.
But sadly different. in many instances, is
he case! You sec often the large farm
and The small farm well cultivated, and
the garden almost entirely neglected. Is
he later Of less importance in its place
han the former! BY no means. Do the
faruisr and Ms family relish The products
md fruits Of the garden less than others,
when they have theml Not al all. Then
Why this neglect! Il proceeds entirely
from 4 mistaken estimate Of horticulture.
The products Of the garden are deemed
Of lille moment, and ,hose OF the farm
every thing. All hands are hurried and
driven day after day on the farm, and the
garden, which perhaps has only wretch
sl little bed or two. is often permitted
10 60 to weeds, unless cultivated BY the
poor women. who generally find their
hands full with their children and domes-
tic labors. Never was there greater
blunder than this in the cultivation Of the
earth. There is nothing furnishes a
richer amount Of healthful and delightful
susienance 10 = family than good ycge1
table garden. Indeed, some families with
very small garden spots. who carefully
cultivate them, receive from them their
chief support. Go into their dwellings
when their tables are set and you may
see profuse display Of vegetables; and
perhaps on entering the house Of a neigh
boring farmer about the same tine Of day,
and though there be an abundance Of meat
and bread, the display Of vegetables will
be lean and stinted!
A little judicious expenditure Of time
would entirely correct this incongruity,
and furnish 70 every farmer rich and
delightful table Of vegetables through the
year. In the first place he must have his
little garden spot fenced Off with rails, il
he is not yet able 10 do il with pickets.
II must be separate enclosure from the
rest of the farm. and kept so faithfully.
He must appropriate day to ploughing
and preparing and sowing his earliest
beds-no matter what the hurry Of BUSH
ness. After these are done DeH, as the
season advances, and the time arrives for
putting in the later vegetables, if he can
not spare time in the morning, let the
team stop in the course Of the day, and
let them be well finished also, and the
business is done until wedding time.
When this comes, an hour in the morn
ing early for two or three mornings in a
week for very few weeks, will keep the
beds perfectly clean, until The vegetables
are fit for the table, and then what will
be presented!-one of the finest spots on
the whole flrm-a luxuriant garden, from
whence rich and healthful treat may be
gatheEed-rendering comparatively but
little animal food necessary, and furnish
ing decidedly the most economical as
well 10 pleasant living for family.
To those farmers who have been in the
habit OF getting along for years with a
dwarfish Ralf-culiiya.:sd bed or two for a
garden, we say, try the recommendation
here given for one season, ana we are
sure you never need be urged to it again
for the advantages will be so senslI..
felt. that Of the two, the work Of the farm
will be rather suspended for day, or a
part of day, if necessary, than the gar
den should not be seasonably and tho
roughly attended TO.
A spot on the north side Of the garden
may be advantageously kept as a tempo
rary nursery for choice fruit trees, (such
as cherries, plums. and pears, as they
may be obtained from time to time from
neighbors and acquain,ances. until per-
manent places may be selected for their
future location. Having paid a good deal
Of a!teAtion to trees and agriculture, we
write from observation and experience.
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