Nebraska advertiser., 1860-06-07
AGRICULTURE.
LFrUm the NsSraska Farmer ]
The Kitchen Garden.

Il 4AO AAASOAOA GoA 4NAe
! In order to make a good walk il is nee
essary tlsat the ground should be dug ou
at least one foot and filed up 10 within
a couple Of inches of the surface viii
| coarse rock and then one inch or so o
rough gravel, if there should be liul,
clay amongst it, it will be all the better
raking it well into all the crevices, anc
finish with fine and hardest gravel tha
can be got. Let il be about two inche.
higher in the center than on The sides
make small cutters diagonallg 20 inter
sect the currents so-as tp conduet the wat
er to the sides, along which a gutter
should be made, and paved; The edging tC
be slate or wood. When this is accom-.
plished, water the whole with watering
pot, with the rose on. Roll them with a
heavy roller, so as to press the whole In
to one body. If the material is good,
and the work well executed there is but
little fear to be apprehended from wash
ing.
Before any planting is commenced the
ground should be well manured, and also
trenched two spits deep and the manure
placed between the spits. This is best
done in the fall, so that when it comes to
be dug again, in the Spring, the whole
will have become incorporated together,
and will be in fine condition to sow or
plant.
You may divide the whole into regular
compartments for the sake of convenience
and regularity. A border should have
been made around the fence, being divi-
ded from the body of the garden by
walk of no less than four feet wide. The
border should be made in accordance with
the height of the wall or fence, and the
size of the ground that is occupied for
garden purposes. The general rule is TO
make the borGer the same width as the
fence is in height. This border will be
Of great utility. more particularly on lev
el surfaces, to raise early radish. lettuce,
peas, furnips, and potatoes. If The fence
IS made of boards or brick,afew rods Of
wire should be fastened to il by brackets,
allowing four or five inches between the
fence and the wire, for the free circula-
ton of air to pass behind the trees that
ale trained to the trellis, the fence afor
ding good protection. And, unless the
season be very unfavorable, a regular crop
from those trees may be expected. Thus
a good fence pays for its construction by
the protection it affords, besides giving
uniformity TO the place, and protecting
the crops from being destroyed by hogs,
dogs, sc.
The varieties of trees that are mostly
planted on the Southern and eastern as
poets, are: grapes, peaches, nectarines,
&c., and for the northern and Western
aspects, apples, pears morella and Kent
ish cherries, and plums. l have hardly
ever seen wall trees fail to bear, if prop
erly planted and taken care of. If work
that is required to be done on them. is
done in the proper season, it takes up but
little time.
The garden being now enclosed by a
border, this being divided from the square
by walk, leaving the square in one
piece, this, again, should be divided by
running two walks crossing the center al
right angles. These walks should not be
less than 8 feet, if the size of the ground
will permit. would not, however, ad-
wise dividing small grounds in too many
quarters. especially if the quarters are
surrounded by espaliers as was before d.
rected. This would only make the whole
appear cramped and confused and would
render the quarters too confined for the
proper growth of culinary vegetables, be-
sides taking up too much room for paths
Grass walks have sometimes been used
but these are very improper, particularly
on walks where wheelbarrows are oblig-
ed to come on them often, which would
cut and deface them; and not only that,
they are disagreeble to walk on in wet
weather. and form a good harbor for in
sects, which are so very detrimental TO
vegetables. Well made gravel walks
have the best appearance, most useful and
comfortabl, n all weather, and are the
cheapest the long run.
Within the quarters may be planted all
kinds of small fruit, such as strawberries,
raspberries, goosberries, blackberries, etc.
All these with the exceptions of straw
berries may be planted five or six feet
apart, each way. so that row of vegeta-
bles of some kind, may be planted be-
twen them; the cultivation of which would
accelerate the growth of the fruit trees
By this method the greatest amount Of
well grown fruit and vegetables may Be