Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-11

PADILLA, Sksgi. 60. w. T., /.
Feb. esh. 1856.


PADILLA, Sksgi. CO.. w. T.,
Feo. eih. 1856.
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10 10 not best 10 be in q hurry TO plev
The garden There is nothing 10 be
gained by stirrise tia soil while cold
and vet especially II is contains % osh
clay. Fall plovinR and rid. ing up
would have has.ened the starting Of a
few early veReta bles. sach as peas, cele-
~. onions. cabbAees, aud such others 50
grow at a log Temperature. and are not
injured By frests- As rule it does not
pay TO try to force vegetables ahead Of
their season. We may perhaps be able
TO e-ag little over our nsiRhbors II vs
have green peas, new potatoes 81 green
corn q little ahead Of them; bat these
things will all taste Just as we'll and
yield better rssslts II planted and grown
plant until she ground and season are
suitable for the seeds II planted too
early, ve stand great risk Of losing seed,
labor and crop. We have a better chance
OF beating our neigh .ors By planting
some extra early maturing kinds, and
giving them extra good cultivation from
the start. IL - very true. the market
gardener must bave bis crop into mar
kes ahead Of the efsvd 10 get good
prices. bot l am not writing about mar
ket gardsns here. For the kitchen gar
den it pays better to leuathen oot the
season At the other end. by making re-
pezted soccsssive paintings until ~ late
10 the season - fkey will have time to
mature, and By planting early, medium
and late varieties Of the same vegetables,
thus supplying the table for q longer
time with each kipd. OF ooars-, there
are some kinds, As tomatoes, peppers,
10, which, II ve ripen at ali. ve must
start very early under glass. To DO this
SUCCESSFULLY requires = hot bed, and.
While COR arousd 10 Rettina ready for
tn plants. let N g art oor hot bed.
Idsobt II it will pay 70 grow tomatoes
here for the price at which the CaiIfor-
MA tomatoes are sold in our markets;
but II ve would have tomatoes at their
best, fresh from the vines, with that
peculiar, cooling taste never found In
thoss brought from . distance, We most
grow them at home in eur own Rardeps.
Also, a. many object to eating tomatoes
pot up in tin cans, II We grow them our
selves We oan put them in glass fruit
jars and have canned tomatoes above
suspicion. To grow good Tomato plants
We must have heat; hence ve need hot
bed 70 start them IN. The material USED
for generating heat 10 horse manure,
and 70 have Reod resuits and . steady.
long continued heat, We must properly
prepare the manure . seek or two be-
fore We make the hot Ted. First haul
aud pile the manure near the spot Ne
lected for the hot-bed, which shouid be
sheltered from the north and openiy ex
posed to the sosth and tho sunshine.
Ihs size Of the bed will depend upon
the amount of IL ASS you have 90 cover
Is with. One window sash 2x21s feet
will answer for q family garden. A
market garden hotbed sash 3x6 feet
viii answer for q whole neiRhborhood.
After the manure pile has heated, fork
Il over again and build IL up. right on
the ground. in square or sbiong heap,
about two feet Longer and wider than
your sash, and two feet high in front
and two and half feet at the back, 90
it will slope tovsrd the south. Build it
up evenly in layers, trampinR it as you
build it. Set board or plank frame
the size Of your sash upon the bed Of
manure. Fill this frame from three TO
six inches deep With good rich garden
soil, containing enough ssRd or veGeta-
ble matter so that 10 will not bake hard,
II dry. Then place the window or sash
upon she frame. Do not plant any seed
until the first fierce heat and steam
have passed of, which viil take three or
four days. Then plant your tomatoes,
peppers, DO, leaving q space for the
vonen folks to plant sucb flower seeds
as need warm soil and will bear trans |
planting, as vefbena, rhodanthe, aster, |
10. Oabbaees and cauiifower grow at
q lever Temperature aud would be too
tender and drawn In the heat needed by
tomatoes, 90 IL 10 best not to pot them
in the same bed; or, IL you do, put a
division board between them and give |
the cabbaees more air, or pla,e them IN
one end Of the bed vith NO glass over
them.
The making and management OF hot
beds and cold frames are very simple
affairs in this mild climate. compared
With the difficulties encountered in the
East, where they have to be carefully
covered with mats every night 10 pro-
tecs them from frost, and the sashes
raised In the heat of the day to prevent
sunburning the plants. No such trouble
or danger here; and after il is started.
IL reqoires very little attention, With the
exception Of the needed Watering and
wedding, until the plsnss get % large
that they begin to crowd eaoh other and
need transplanting. Then make another
larger bed, With new supply OF manure
10 the came manner ~ before, only II
need not be covered With glass. Fro
vide, instead, light board shutters. or
mats, cloths or saoking, With which 10
cover 1t at night. Transplant into the
new bed, giving the plants plenty OF
room, say ak iaches apart each way.
and ses the tomato planta vith the foil
length of stem in the soil. They VIII
then make more foots, shoot ahssd viR-
orously and be badd,nR 10 bloom By the
time toe outside ground is warm enough
10 set them out in the ground.
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