Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-06-05
How to Have Clean Gardens.

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man, page 81, S. W. Hall says, Why
the weeds in my garden have actually
forced me to abandon it and pillow it ur
tc kill the young grass, while my fields
are clean" And, "four dollars will dc
all The hard work necessary ON an acre
of carrots"
II seems TO me marvellous that the
skill that produces such results in the
field, should be driven from the garden
by weeds. But judging from my own
observation, his is not a solitary case, and
! propose to inform all such unfortuuates,
how to conquer the weeds instead of be-
ing conquered by them. Many years
since my own garden had become by neg
lect (an1 by the way, farmers are very
apt 10 neglect their gardens so foul as
TO require more labor than the vegeta-
5les raised on it were worth. After some
reflection / came to the conclusion that
such state of things was unnecessary,
and that hereafter no more foul seed
should be raised on it, or carried on it
with manure. Accordingly for conven-
fence in hoeing | planted most of the
vegetables in drills, and buried all the
weeds of much size between them
Well, by great labor ! kept them under
that season, but the next summer there
was not one weed less than usual. This
| had expected, knowing that small seeds
may lie buried ali indefinite length of
time, and yet vegetate freely when bTo't
near the surface so as to be exposed to
air and heat. After the second summer
the number began TO grow small by de-
grees and beautifully less, until in a few
years the weed crop was among the things
that We're, and since then two or three
hoeings in a season are all that are re-
quired to keep them under, although
more frequent stirring of the ground is
beneficial to the vegetables. From the
aforesaid experience, dcduce the follow
ing rules:
First, hoe early. Weeds when first
up are very tender, but when large, many
will live unless buried, but if buried when
fresh will decay before another hoeing
becomes necessary. Continue the Doe.
ing through the season, or as long as
weeds grow. A few weeds allowed to
go to seed, will stock a large garden
Pnrslane in particular, one of our most
troublesome garden weeds, has multi.
iude of seed, and ripens it while the CAP
sules are still green, and many a cornfeld
has been stocked with it by manure from
the hog yard.
Second. Pat no yard manure on the
garden that has not been thoroughly fer
nenied. Hen manure, guano, phosphate
of lime, ground bone and wood ashes are
all good, but poudrette is better than Ell
Their of them singlB and every family
should manufacture their own. Nothing
more is necessary than to mix intimately
with the contents of the priyy sufficient
quantity of some suitable absorbent, such
as coal ashes, clay, swamp muck or char
coal dust, which should be dry, and are
improved by the addition of gypsum
10 facilitate the operation, have so con-
my privy that whenever a lid is
Iosed a given quantity of absorbent is 4
Underneath, and besides answering the
purpose intended, it operates as a disn-
actant, allaying the unpleasant odor of
he premises to such degree as in my
pinion to pay for all the trouble and ex- p
'ense, if that alone were the object. p