The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-04-20
farm aud 4ullsrhuld.
Making Garden.


The FIRST operation in making garden is,
the preparation of the soil. Il any portion
of the ground is charged with an excess of
moisture, all effort to bring it into friabe
condition aud great productiveness will I've
unsuccessful, until the soil is relieved Of
the surplus water When tho ground np-
propriated TO q garden is not underdrained
thoroughly, by making drains some thirty
or forty feet apart, it will be found Of great
service to cut chanpcls two feet deep, be.
tween the plote that may be sepuratod by
nov TO SPADE 4 oGRpEs.
The best sod should always bo kept on
the surface as far as practicable, as the
seeds need a mellow and rich bed not only
to hasten termination, but 20 promote a
luxuriant growth. Tho soil must 10 thor
oughly pulvorizcd to good dcpth--ihe
deeper tho better. In order TO spade a
garden properly, throw back the soil from
strip about iNo feet wide and one foot
deep. This soil must bc wheeled to the
opposite side ol the garden when the spad.
ing is finished After removing the sur.
face soil no directed. spade tho subsoil,
puNcrihing IL thoroughly and return it, as
early as practicable, TO tho the place whore
il Was taken up
Then spade another strip Of ihe surface
a. |, throwing il, ms the work is done, on
the pulvcriEud su6soil, until another strip
of the suhsoi has been laid bare, which
may then be spaded. This is called trench
or double spading. Tho blade OF the spade
enters the soil in both instances, not less
than ono foot and as' the ground will be
much more porous after it is spaded, the
seed bed will be nearly or quite thirty
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thofbots' OF plants will Btrilo much further
downward tlian they otherwise would, and
thus avail themselves OF tho moisture
farplest from The surface which is not ac.
cessible when ground has not been spaded,
nonlluwed ouly few inches in depth.
'ie5 wtfES TO rLkNr GARDEN SEEDS.
There is nothing gained by planting any
kind of seed before the ground is sufficient.
ly warm for it to germinate Indeed in
gnahy INSTANCES, plants are seriously injured
ly putting the seed in the ground too carly
II seeds be planted as soon ~ the soil s
sufficiently wurm to promote speedy ger
minati0n. tile plants will he more productive,
than II the same seed had lain il the cold,
ground, for one or two weeks, before there
was sufficient warmth TO keep the plants
growing. iari sa.r
ItaiujHFes plants Of any kind as we'll as
voting animals, to expose them to such in
tiuelces as will check their growth, When
young animal has been stuntod by i'm.
proper care, its frame eau never he 80
perfectly developed, M il would have becn
If II had been properly fed ON nutritious
feed aud Kept growing from its birth. Aud
the same is true of most kinds of plants
especially Of Indian corn. If seeds can be
depoBited in the soil, soon after warm
and dagentle shower OI rain, they will
gerniinatc much sooner than If planted pre-.
vions, to a heavy rain. Tho reason for this
is Obvious. When seeds arc planted just
before heavy rain. the HOil is washed
down closely around them, thus excluding
the air which Is essential 10 termination.
But il seeds are covered with light soil, as
soon after u shower as the ground is sur
ciehtly dry to work, all the intcrstices of
the soil will bo filed with warm aqueous
vNpor, which is more conducive to rapid
rerminaiion than tae close contact of cold
and wet soil
WHAT -shEps 80 rLASr EARLY.
Although potatoes contain much starch,
the sets, il PROPERLY managed, may be for
warded in their growth, several dayE by
putting them IN "a paid, or basket made dark
with paper, aud hanging it in the kitchen.
BY this means sets may have sprouts two.
or more inches in length, when the ground
is sufficiently warm to put them out.
AS peas germinate at a lower tempera-
ture than Indian corn, q row may be planted
and wide board or two set on the edge
TO shield them from the cold north wind
In chilly weather the rows should be
covered with wide board.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, squashcs, melons
may DO planted two weeks before the
ground in the garden is sufficiently warm
to promote their rapid growth, by planting
the seeds on pieces of rich sods turned
grass.s1ie down, on a shelf IN a stove room
and furnished with fine garden mould, and
watered twice day, The roots will spread
through the sods; and each piece may be
removed to the garden with the hill oI
growing plants, without checking their
growth in the least. Hills of choice squashet
may be started in this manner, aud kept il
the kitchen until all danger of frost ha,
passed, before the plants and sods are pu
in the open ground. Tomato plants may
be,kept growing on a piece of rich sod un
Ill the stems are one foot high. Then /
planted in rich soil, they will continue I,
grow rapidly, and lrucuiy early in the sea
son,
After hills of plants have been put oui
barrels, boxes aud tubs should always b
turned over them during cold nights
Many other vegetables, as well as flowers
may be started early in the same way, will
most satisfactory results,