Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-10
From the American Farmer for April.
WORK IN THE GARDEN.

WORK IN THE GARDEN,
Should you desire to see your garden an
Objec. Of jus, pride to your wife and daugh-
ters-should You wish to see it Astounding
in all those vegetable necessaries and luxu-
ries, which make up much of the comforts
and enjoymen,s of home, and which add so
much to its hospi,ali.ies, you must exer,
your every energy this month. Do not in
dulge in that erroneous notion. which leads
50 many into the belief that they have not
time 10 provide we'll filled and appointed
gsrdeT', as you may res, assured, that such
a garden is more fruitful Of profit than five
simes the quantity Of land occupied in field
culture, to say nothing Of the convenience
resulting to the domestic arrangements of
the household, in having ready al hand, full
supplies Of vegetables for the table. But
independent Of these considerations, there
are others, which should operate with equal
force in deciding the question it is indis-
pensable TO health tina, vegetable should be
freely mixed with animal food, and that to
encourage free use Of the former, variety
and choice kinds, should be presented to
aempt the appetite to indulgence.
Wild these preliminary remarks, we shall
ask sou "a wS1k with us into your garden,
10 see what seeds should be now sown, what
plants ransplanted, and what else may be
needed, to complete those arrangements ne
cessary to make i, worthy Of the immi,a,ion
OF your neighbors.
Cau1iFo,rer.-7 your cauliaower plants
are Of sufficient size, you NAV set them out
early This month. In preparing the ground
for them, be sure to give the bed you allot
for their growth full dressing of manure,
dig i. in deeply, and rake thoroughly every
few feet, SO as 10 haze the soil in fine ll.h,
your goend thus prepared, set oat your
plants about the same distance as cabbage
plants are usually placed.
fyou have no plants to set out and de-
sire to grow some csulifowers, select a spot
Of lcamy soil. on warm border facing the
south, manure it with stable dung, say about,
TWO or three inches deep, and dig tina, in al
least spade deep, rake as you 60 so as to
p~lverize the soil, then spread thereon about
an inch m depth Of we'll rotted manure. rake
tina, in freely, then sow your cauliaower
seed, rake them in lightly and pa, the earth
with the back Of your spade. Should the
weather prove dry, water SO as never to let
the plants suffer from drought. This atten-
lion TO watering mus, be attended to in their
after culture, as there are but few vegetables
so liable to injury from drough. as is the
cauliAower. Occasional waterings of soap
suds improve their growth wonderfully,
so will soot-ea, made in the proportion Of
one gallon Of 500. TO ten gallons Of water.
Setting out Cabbage Plants.-lf you
have been provident enough to provide
yourself with cabbage plants, Sc, them on,
early this month. In the first place, select
suitable bed Of deep loan, manure i, besvi-
ay, dig it up nicely to the full depth of the
spade, being carefaA 10 reke i. well as the
spring progresses. THEN Sc. your plants
about 2 fee, each way, keep them clean, and
water in dry seasons, and you canno. fail to
nave an early supply Of colIards and we'll
headed cabbsges.
1Souing Cabbage Seed.-af you have no
early plants, prepare bed as we advised
FOR csulIf1owers, and sow two three kinds
OF early cabbage seed; water the plants in
dry weather and they will be Fl. to trans
plant in five or six weeks. The earlier the
better you attend to this; if possible, &c,
your seed sewed ,he frst week in this
month.
Peas.-Dsll in few rows of peas the
FIRST of this week, and continue TO do so al
intervals of week throughout the month
Brussels Sprouts.- bed of good
,oamy soil, by manuring heavily, dig in the
manure q spade deep, rake well, then broad,
cast pretty literally with compost formed
Of parts rotten Hnannre and ! part ashes
rake that in pretty thoroughly then SOW
your seeds, rake in aigf.Iy, and roH or pal
she bed with the back of shovel or spade,
and in two months you will have plen-
siful supply Of most delicious sprouts OF
green's either for table or market.
Broccoi-Prepare bed as recommend
ed for Caulitlowe,s and sow Broccoli seed
Beans.-PIant beans, of kinds, during this
month. If their planting be timed at inter
walls Of week, during this and the ensuing
month, continuous supply may be secured
throughout, The season.
Radishes-Sow Rsdish seed every few
days during The month.
Letiuee.-The same advice as given for
Radishes will answer for Lettuce.
Small Salading.-Sow the seed Of all
kinds Of small saiading early this month,
and continue to do SO throughout the month
q. intervals Of few days
Spinach.-No one should consider his
garden complete wi.hou, having compart-
ment of il devoted 10 The culture of this excel.
lent vegetable. lis effects upon the system
are cooling, refreshing and gently aperien,,
while its flavor and taste is generally ap-
proved and what is still feather in its cap
If we may so express ourseIf, is the fact, i,
may be eaten by persons in sickness, while
most other vegetables are prohibited. The