Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-04-12

'5isinr fayor,-sOrth with apron fun
s. 7hoicest seeds, tho best the last year gave
- saiiieg to the gsrden where an DAY,
e ssthino the pleasant odor Of the mould,f
- hanjs and PLANTS while to her eye Of hope
5ere springs tie early pea aad It fnsfe ,t me sean
rne lettuce and the radish, ana WnM else
Her crIinarv providence requires. -t
P,st chiefofa al. with careful hands, she sets
The slips. and bulbs. and plants, which round
eh.,, make max brig embroidery of hcwers. -,
oii''' '--''-N - Reads Re,v Pastoral
The first operation IN making gar
den is, the preparation of the soil
Ifany portion of the ground is charged
with an excess of moisture, an effort
TO bring into friable condition and
great productiveness will be uhsuer
cessful, until the soil is relieved of
the surplus water. When the ground
appropriated to garden is not un-
derdrained thoroughly, by making
drains some thirty or forty feet apart,
it will be found of great service TO
cut channels two feet deep, between
the plots that may be separated by
walks.
HOW TO SPADE GARDEN.
The best soil should always be
kept on the surface, as far as practi-
cable, as the seeds need a mellow
and rich bed not Only to hasten ger
minatlon, but TO promote a luxuriant
growth. The soil must be thorough
ly pulverized to- a good depth--the
deeper the better. Inorder to spade
d garden properly, throw. back the
soil from strip about Eve feet vide
and one foot deep. This soil must
be wheeled TO the opposite side Of
the garden when the spading Is fin
ished. After removing the surface
: soil as directed spade the, spbsoil,
pulverizing it thoroughly, and return
it, as early as practicable, to the place
where it was taken up.s.s4H
Then, spade another strip of the
surface sell, throwing it. as the work
is done, on the pulverized subsoil,
until another strip of the subsoil has
been laid bare, which may then be
spaded. This is called trench or
double spading. The blade sof the
spade enters the soil, in both instan-
ces, not less than one foot; and as
the ground will be much more por
GUS after it is spaded, the seed bed
will be nearly or quite thirty inches
deep. If the soil be broken deep,
the roots of plants will strike much
farther downward than' they other
wise would, and thus avail themselves
of the moisture farthest from the
surface, which is not accessible when
ground has not been spaded, nor
plowed only few inches in depth. e
WHEN TO PLANT GARDEN SEEDS.
There is nothing gained by plant
ing any kind of seed before the
ground is sufficiently warm for it to
terminate. Indeed, IN many instan-
ces, plants are seriously injured by
putting the seed in the ground too
early.
If seeds be planted as seon as The
soil lislsuficiently warm TO promote
speedy termination, the plants will
be more productive, than if the same
seed had lain in the cold ground, for
one or two weeks, before there was
sufficient warmth to keep the plants
growing.
1t Injuries plants Of any kind, as
well as young animals, to expose
j. them to sach Influences as viii check
their growth. When "a young ami
NAL has been stunted by improper
care, its frame can never be so per-
fectly developed, as it would have
been, if it had been properlyifed on
nutritious feed and kept growing
from its birth. And Gle same is true
of most kinds of plants, especially Of
Indian corn. If seeds can be depos-
tied in the soil, soon after a warm
and gentle shower Of rain, they will
terminate much sooner than If plan
ted previous to heavy rain. The
reason for this is obvious. When
seeds are planted just before heavy
rain, the soil is washed down closely
around them, thus excluding the air,
which is essential to termination.
But if seeds are covered with light
soil, as soon after a, shower as the
ground is sufficiently dry to work, all
the interstices of the soil Will be fill
ed with warm aqueous yapor, which
is more conducive to rapid gelmina-
tion than-the close contact of cold
and wet soil e.
WHAT SEEDS TO PLANT EARLY.
Although potatoes contain mich
starch, the sets, If properly managed,
may he forwarded.inf their growth,
several days, by putting them in a
pail, or basket made dark with paper,
and hanging it in the kitchen. BY
this means sets may have sproEts
two, or more inches in length, when
the ground is sufficiently warm to
put them ont. .- 49,
As peas germinate at lower tenn
perature than Indian corn. row
may be planted, and a 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 a wides board.
Tomatoes, cucumhers, squashes,
melons, may be 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
side down. on shelf IN a stove room,
ard furnished with fine garden
m nonld, and watered twice day.
The. roots will spread through the
sods; and each piece may be removed
to the garden with the hill Of grow
ing plants, without checking their
growth in the least. Hills of choice
squashes MAY be started in this man
ner, and kept in the kitchen until all
danger of frost has passed, before
the plants and sods are put in the