The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-02-20
NUMBER 2.
The Kitchen Garden.

Continue to complete all unfinished
operations, heretofore directed, such az
tho preparation Of the ground. by trench,
ing, digging, laying out and applying
m"nures. This is the busy season in
Southern gardens. Your beds should
have been deeply dug or sub soiled during
thepreceeding month, and heavily 10 snur.
ed upon the surface, aud the manure
lightly covered with the plow. Manures
applied deeply have comparatively but
little immediate effect. Want Of manure
is the great want. of Southern gardens,
aud Tor tLis cause OILY, Lettuce aud Cab
bage refuse to head, Radishes grow slow.
.y, and are peppery and stringy-Onions
will not button, Turnips are Of small size,
hot and fbrous, Beets are lateaud lack
sweetness-in short everything fails in
suculence, flavor and earliness. Insects
are more troublesome on the feeble plants
Of unmanured gardens. We saw At Gin.
clnnau more manure piled up TO be ap'
piled to market gardens of two or three
acres, already black with fatness, than
our planters put upon plantations of five
hundred acres, garden and all. What is
the use Of plowing, digging, narrowing,
sowing, wedding and hoeiug, unless there
is richness enough in the soil TO make
first rate crop. See article Oh Irish pota.
toes. TO. those who lack good compost
manure, we advise the application Of
Peruvian Guano, ss surface dressing,
sown now, and lightly plowed in-5oo
lbs. per acre will be none TOO much.-
Apply, also, Super PhosI hate Of Lime,
with the seed, and as there is great diff.
terence in the value q this article, get the
best. We never intend, hereafter, 10 plant
Radlshes, Turnips, Cabbage, and good
many other garden crops, without lib.
eral dressing OF Super.phosphate. Fresh
stable manures should no longer be ap'
piled, except to whore corn, beans and
the later and cosrser crops are to be
grown. Reserve the rest carefully, and
what is not needed for hot BEDS, make
into composts, With turf, swamp earth, or
leaf mould. PRESS forward the work in
good weather, or you will find yourself
behind hand the coming month. Still,
do not be-hasty 10 sowing. In this lat!f
tude, the main crops CT hardy vegetables
should not be committed TO the earth un-
I'll nearly the last Of the month. Early
crops, if not already put in, Of Peas, Irish
Potatoes, Turnips, Carrots, Lettuce, Cab.
bages, Radishes, and the main crop Of
Onions, Lseks, Parsley and Spinach,
should be planted at once. Cover ine
seeds, and indeed, all seeds, with fine soil
Do not expect the vege,ativs force Of fseeds
to press upward the tender shoot through
small rocks, or hard Jumps Of cay.
The last ofthe M on,b, plant early Corn,
Okra, Beets, Carrots and Parsnips.-
Look over the select lists Of seeds in this
number, and lay in full stock
Roots Of all kiods should be set out in
place, as Sage, Thyme, Rhubarb, Seakale,
DC. If you have no Asparagus bed, pro.
cure roots, if possible, and make one at
once. II you cannot get roots, SOW the
seed, and raise Young plants TO form the
ted next season.
Cabbages raised in hot beds, or kept
over in a cold frame, may be planted ou.
the last Of the month. We succeed bett
ter with winter Cabbage, il sown in
April.
Hot beds and cold frames should now
all be put in requisitiou to bring forward
earl" Tom a,oes, Peppers, Egg plants, DC
II.