Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-02-05
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GARDEN !YaYk fsr February.

0siEaSE - VSE> kIk L SSEtts1ES.
BEANs-Tnis month you can plant
beans Of any kiud; for all sorts will sue
cecil from this planting. Some Of the
most approved sorts Of beans should be
put into the ground every fortnight Or
three weeks; which will afford regular
supply of young beans during the season
(ov them. Plant the windsor and tokcr
in rows about three feet and Il half, and
the long pods about three feet apart.
PrAs.-Sow marrowiat, sugar, rounce-
val, and other sorts Of peas once fort
night or three weeks; By which means
you will have 4 constant succession of
young peas for the table. All sorts of
peas should be sown in open situations,
but by no means under trees.
Sow CABBAGE SEED.-About the be-
ginning of this month, is very good sea-
son for sowing cabbage seed to come in
for summer use; for those which were
sown last month are very apt to be cut
off by the frost, if they are not properly
protected with straw, mats, or evergreen
bushes. The sort proper to sow now, are
the carly York, sugarloaf, and all the
large kinds.
Onions and L&EKs mag be sowu this
month for a general crop.
CARROTS AND P,RsHIps.-SHw Carrots
and 2arsnips tue beginning Of this month,
for a principal crop. The carrots sown
now will hc fit for use in May, June, July,
and August. In the latter months you
will find them very acceptable.
AspANAcUs-About the beginning OF
this month let your asparagus beds have
their spring dressing. Any time in this
month is a very proper season to remove
the roots of asparagus, for the making OF
new plantations.
IRIs.l POTATOES may be planted at any
time in this month-thesc roots thrive
best in 4 moderate, light, loose soil; and
where it is not wet; if you add dung it
will be of great advantage.
Hor BEDs.-Thosc who intend raising
early vegetables, either for domestic use
or for market, had better make some pre-.
parations fer the business in February.
Cabbage<, tomatoes, cucumbers, egg
plants, &C., may be had three or four
weeks earlier, if started in a hot bed in
early spring, and put out after the weather
has become steadily warm. In making
a hot-bcd, mark out the ground the size
of the frame to be used, and make an OK
cavation to the depth of 4 foot or if the
ground is quite dry, eighteen inches: put
in good horse manure to the thickness of
two feet, and put on the frame and 6 classes.
When the heat is sufficiently raised, put
on six or eight inches of good mould;
tha. made from clean grass sods which
have been piled and become entirely rot
ted the year before, is best; and when
this is warmed to the proper degree,
which can easily be told by applying the
hand to it, plant the seeds. Care should
be taken that there IS not too much heat,
especially when the sun shines. If there
is too much, raise the glasses; and al
ways let in as much air as practicable
with keeping up the requisite degree of
heat. Hot bed plants require great deal
of water, which should be supplied from
watering pot If the weather should
be so cold as to render it necessary, the
bed should be protected by mats and
straw.
Permanent hot bed frames may be made
Of bricks A false bottom is laid two or
three feet from the ground, made of cast
iron, or iron bars, laid so closely together
as to answer the purpose, Oh which is
placed the earth for the plants. a door
is left at one end of the brick-worE, un-
der the floor, to throw in manure, and
another door at the opposite end, for ta-
king the manure out Thus constant
and regular supply of heat may be con-
vcnicntly kept up, by only putting in fresh
manure as the decomposition proceeds.
OK Health and mirth creates beauty.