Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-04-19
GARDENING.

Now is the time to exercise i'll the
garden. A small portion of ground,
il well fortified and deeply cultivated,
will yield many good dinner during
the summer months; and this is very
conducive TO health and happiness.
If it will pay TO fertilize land for field
crops, il will more than doubly pay to
treat the vegetable garden in that way.
If your garden was deeply plowed
last fall, do not replow il this spring,
as there was not much rain last win
ter, and il is now light and mellow /;
simply stir the surface with the cult
vator to prevent the weeds from start
ing early. The soil will probably re-
tain the moisture better during the
dry weather if not replowed this
spring. Ifyour garden was not plow-
ed last fall, put on a good dressing
from the stable or barnyard, and plow
il in well. The advantage of narrow
furrow is that it pulverizes the soil
somewhat more: AMI of deep one,
that il loosens more soil, and allows it
to absorb more of the spring rain, lay
ing it up for summer use.
Put out half a dozen hills of rhubarb
If you have none. This is suflicien TO
supply any ordinary family. Although
it is rather poor garden sauce, il is
the first green thing that comes in the
spring, is rather healthful. and will
whet your appetite for something bet
ter.
An asparagus bed, II couple of rods
long and half rod wide. viii supply
your breakfast table with that article
as frequently as you wish it, from
early spring until better vegetables
are grown in the summer.
Let narrow strip in one part of
the garden be set apart for those
articles that are best grown in beds,
such as lettuce, onions, and the like !;
but let everything else be planted in
rows three and half or four feet
apart, so that they may be cultivated
with the horse cultivator.
He must be possessed of an unusual
amount of patience and perseverance
who win keep the weeds of any con-
siderable garden in check simply with
the hoe: and. besides, the horse pillow
or cultivator stirs the ground more
deeply, keeping it in a much better
condition than it is possible to do with
the hoe or rake. Therefore. plant
your garden in such shape that the
horse can assist you in its cultivation.
Beans and all small seeds, such as
beets, radishes and onions, should be
covered with mellow earth and not
deeply. Low peas may also be COW
cred thinly: but the taller varieties,
such as need bushing, should be plant
ed as deeply as You can get them in,
and covered six or eight inches in
depth. The advantage of this is that
they will not dry up almost rs soon as
they begin TO bear, as they do when
covered thinly, but will continue TO
bloom and bear for several weeks.
The lima bean is the great bean for
late summer and fall use. They should
be planted i'm hills about three feet
apart in the row, and poled with
sticks about seven or eight feet long,
and set SO firmly in the ground that a
strong wind will not upset them.
Then, il the season is not too dry, aud
the ground is rich aud well cultivated,
they will continue to blossom and bear
from the first of August until frost
comes; and they are very rich and
bean for table use.
It does not require great deal of
time to cultivate a good garden: but
Il must have the care just at the time
il Ie needed, or il viii not prove suc-
cess. Prof. Plat, IN Iadaxtsiaiisf.