The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-06
Garden Notes,

There are few people, comparatively, who
do not enjoy having garden, even IL they
do not make it themselves. Very many peo-
pie take great delight in making a garden
where they do not care for the vegetables
Intelligent persons find the same pleasure in
gardening that Lord Bacon did, who proved
bis fondness for it by the remark that "a gar
den is the purest OF human pleasures; it is a
refreshment to the spirit OF man." The re-
turn Of the gardening season" inspires
every one who has piece of land or who
has ever gardened before. How unalloyed
the pleasure is
Vegetables are very desirable food and
the pleasure OF making them amounts
generally TO more than the vegetables are
worth-so gardening is much to be COM
mended
Let him garden now who ne'er gardened be-
fore
And he who always gardened, garden all the
more
South OF Nashville February is the great
gardening month. All the hardy and some
of the hAlf-hardy vegetables are planted
In South Georgia and Florida the gardens
are usually luxuriant in growing vege-
tables by February-cabbsge, onions,
spinach, lettuce, English peas, turnips, con-
shutting the crops growing at this season
most OF which we're started in the fall or
early winter.
Ia Middle Georgia Irish potatoes are
rarely planted earlier than February and so
1t is with beets, cabbage and the several
roots. Cabbage plants ere raised from
seeds, sown IN cold frames in January and
are transplanted this month. English peas
are planted in January, IL not planted in
december. In this month we make our
last planting of onions seeds or sets)-the
first planting being m de in the fall (Octo-
Der usually.l The first planting of corn is
sometimes made the latter part OF Febru-
Rry. but as a rule this is deferred until
March. Some time during this month seeds
of tomato, pepper and eggplant are sown
In cold frames and plants made ready By
the first Of April or latter part of March.
The pleasure (aud the profit, too, Of
course) of gardening is greatly enhanced by
having good soil to work on. IT the garden
spot is not naturally rich it should be made
20 by the application of suitable fertilizing
material Good stable manure is the most
reliable thing that can be used aud it should
be applied broadcast and lit orally. Cotton
seed is another reliable material. Then
ashes should be applied, or some other sub
stance that yields potash. To furnish phos-
phoric acid "acId pho pate" may be used or,
still better. ground bone may take is
pace.
1t is always better to apply manures
broadcast, and this is especially true Ia re-
Specb to ''kainitn and ''acid phosphate
These substances are easily applied to a
harmful extent when put in the drill under
the seeds OF close about the young plant.
1t is difficult to apply stable manure to a
harmful extent when it is broadcasted
evenly. Garden spots should be top-dressed
In the wintertlme if its full benefits would
he secured to the early vegetables. When
applied in the winter the rains wash out the
tertIllAnG clements from it into the soil ami
gradually rops the manure Of its power to
burn
A false in preston prevails in regard to
the loss Of fertilizing elements from the
manure when it is used as a top dressing.
The loss IL any. is so small it cannot be
calculated. Our farmers and gardeners
should noo allow this false impression to
deter them from applying this kind OF
manure in the manner that is most proper.
A limited amount of fertilizer can be ap-
piled in the drill to advantage, but care
must be taken that it is not concentrated
too much. Nature is very jealous of any
infringement Of her laws A plant, as well
as an animal, can be overfed, especially
when Young, Sickness and death may fol-
low, directly or indirectly, such treatment.