The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-02-26
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

-Martynia for pickles should be sown
in May, three feet apart each way.
Brussels sprouts are sown in May
and transplanted in July, one foot apart
in the rows.
In early spring SOW mustard thickly
in shallow drills; for fall salad SOW in
September.
Sow spinach in early spring, in
drills foot apart, every two weeks for
a succession, and as it grows, thin out
for use.
After the ground has become warm
in spring, SOW 'okra in drills three feet
apart, and thin out to twelve inches in
the drill.
-Squashes require rich, loamy soil.
| Sow in hills in the same manner and at
the same time as cucumbers; the bush
varieties three to four feet apart; the
running kinds from six to nine feet
apart
Carrots require light, sandy loan,
richly MANFRED and deeply dug. Sow
from April to July. Sow in rows four
teen inches apart, and thin out plants to
six inches in the rows. Hoe often and
deeply between the rows.
Broccoli should be sown as early in
the spring as the ground can be worked,
in shallow drills, three to four inches
apart. Plant out two feet apart each
way when plants are four inches high
Cultivation the same as cabbage.
"A light, dry soil, not over rich. suits
the pea. Sow as early as the ground
can be worked, and every two weeks up
to June first for succession. Sow in
rows six feet apart, an inch apart in the
row, and eight inches deep. Hoe often.
Sow pepper in hot-bcd in March,
and when the soil has become warm,
, set in rows two feet apart and eighteen
inches in the rows Hoe frequently and
keep clean.
l -Kale is cultivated and grown like
, cabbage. Plants should stand two feet
: apart in the rows, and the rows three
t feet apart The soil should be kept
1 mellow and free from weeds.
G "A rich, heavy loan with good drain
d age, is needed for tho cultivation OF
g cabbages. Transplant in spring as soon
l. as the ground can be worked, setting
r the plants two feet apart each way.
y AS soon as the ground is dry il
d spring, SOW radishes in light, rich soil
II in rows eight to twelve inches apart
Vt every week or ten days for succession
t. up to the middle of June.
y -Parsnips require q rich soil. Sow
t. as early as the ground can be worked
IS in drills eighteen inches apart, and thi,
lie out to eight inches in the drill. Ho
n often to keep out the weeds.
10 -Kohl-rabbi should be sown early il
H. the spring, in rows eighteen inche
5e apart, and the plants eight to ten inche
G. apart in the rows. Keep the weed
5s down. They are cooked same as tarnip:
Vl -Caulifowers require an extr
~ ~ amount of manure and plenty of wate
IN Set out early plants about the middl
III of April. The culture is the same a
a cabbage.
'u' -Collard seeds should be sown
~ June, July and August for succession
~ Transplant when one month old,
~, rows a foot apart each way, and III
"a frequently.
Soak the seeds of parsley fe
hours in luke-warm water, and sow ga
ly in spring to middle of July, in drill
one foot apart, thinning out to TO
ipches in the drill
or After the road tax is worked o
md many farmers think all they do aft
that on the roads is lost labor Real
rht the making of good roads is more to t
rk farmers interest than any other kind
,est tax he pays. Equally so it should see
ifs is the keeping of weeds from seedir
H., either on his own land or that of
sat. neighbors.
-ers Sow egg-plants in hot-bed We
the early in spring, and transplant VIII
ora two inches high into second bed,
can into small pots. Do not plant out un
,ur. the weather becomes perfectly sett
and warm. Cool nights or wet weat
ncb will check them. Set out plants tn
and feet by two, and keep watered for
days if the sun is hot when they
An put out.
wis For early cucumbers, SOW seeds
not hot-beds upon pieces of sod, or IN sn
pots, and when danger of frost is
for plant out in rich soil, in hills four I
apart each way, putting shovelful
nan well-rotted manure in the hill
S. general crop, SOW in the open groune
most soon as the weather is settled,
are every two weeks for succession.
pickles, sow from the middle OF Jun
S as the first week in July.