New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-18
THE FARM HOUSE.GARDEN
The Soil-now 70 Prepare and Enrich II
How to Plant and What to Plant.
First Articie.l

u Having given "FlOwer Culture in extenSO,
we propose now to take up the Vegetable Garden and
ftrea it though We were talking TO those who know
kess than we do about the matter We know that some
4farners are wofully ignorant about having good
5gardcn. To such we address our earnest exhoraior
set apart at of land and coavei 1t into
la garden-a real Farm House. Garden
If the garden spot is not selected choose warm, dry
plo near the house II naturally drained all The better
but If not undcrdran with stones tile We grayely
land stony soil will not allow the free termination OF
seeds without much labor in clearing carefully coyor
ling with fine earth brought FROM distance Stih clay
beside being cold and wet. bakes in dry weather. hud
prevents many seeds from coming up lightsh, hnei
eoam between these extremes is best ST.. 1t IL often
desirable TO have the garden in particular locality
sand little labor in clearing oil stones ana ca-tng Guy
upon gravely soil and adding muck or line sand tol
'cayey land will make good garden almost anywhere,
provided drainage is attended to aud tie soil WE'LL
.manured and plowed deep and thorough gardenl
Smadc too rich Is rare occurrence; still have scent
too much horse manure added year after year TO ghtI
soil II served TO make it still lighter and too dry with
mot sufficient texture. Mixed or COW manure would be-
better for such soils. Horse manure is just the thing tos
,ghten heavy soil. Farmers gardens get too litte,s
Rather than too much manure. Market gardeners makcs
the ground black with it every year. and get two orr
three heavy crops annually from the same ground Hay
ling MANFRED the ground heavily with stable. yard
,or hog manure-the three combined cxcelent-plow
deeply and either subsoi the common pillow theS
second time in the fIrrow to deepen the soil Negetabc
gardens usually too hastily powed in the hurry OF
olher work. The soil should be completely broken ands
made so fine that the myrads OF little rooets can pene
rote through every part of it, hence second or cross
blowing will pay well then harrow down finely. Where,
The garden is not too large oIking or spadng 1t mp Isl
better than blowing. and where there are strawberry
land asparagus BEDS Ihubarb curants raSpbcries aud
other small fruits beside the dwarf and other fruit
trees, it Is often necessary and always desirable to-
spade up and lorkspade is tho best implement to DO.
Id with TO attain the best results the ground should
even be trenehcd spaded two splits deep. miIingf
manure well through the whole. Once tronchng in thisS
way answers for years Farmers with their hundredsE
of acres will smile OF the idea but market gardeners
who cultivate land worth 500 to $1,000 aud more per-
acre, find their account ia IT, Even farmers garden.
ought yield the family large portion OF their living
rather than the few mperiecty grown vegetables ioos
often there Remember too. that no after carey
or labor can make up Tor mpeffecty preparing the soil
and bad planting
Having prepared the ground the next thing Is to lay
out, nuu VIII utpcLu toicN uI"A VI"
AS general rule be the garden square obong 1t isl
best laid out with main walk three feet wide hroughN
the center and lesser walks around the sides three ect
from the outer edge thus lea, ing fruit other border
upon each side next to the fences. These may be set
with currnnts raspberries backbeucs grapes, goose
berries etc. or planted with tomatoes. The remainder.
of the garden may be divided by orosswa ms desired
IL not advisable TO plant everything in beds, IS thcf
waste by 20 many walks Is not compensated by any ad
vantage The vegetables may be planted In .0ws across
one o the plots and there necessity or division
between the sorts Of beois being mex. 70 row Of
tnnips SC In most cascs 10 is well 10 plant rc the
strawberries raspbcrrics and other fruits aso rubaTbl
aud asparagus wholls upoa eide Of tho garden 90
that The p.Ow may be used upon tie other Side If desr
able.
We viii now give let ~ tie vegetables which should
be in every farmers garden together viii simple
directions for planting. remaIkins that good seed. aud
plenty Of H. should be used II j. well TO test the seed
10y sproung before planting it In tie slrdcn that no.
result from poor seed Famers should
always raise their own seed aud then, II careful not 20
bybiidise sorts they will know what tbey are planting
beside il Is much more economical.
Oar remarks about the time Of sowing are for ihis
latitude and TN. season which is ten days TO two weeks
eaIier than lac, year As general rule The season ~
from two TO three days earlier for each degree Of lnti
tudeIcoinr sonth and TINT much later so north.
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