The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-09

THE JOY OF PICKING POTATO BOGs.
ties of green peas, intended to bear in
snccesson. and spinach. l ordered four
dozen tomato plants, three dozen cab
hare plants, Early York. Express and
Drumhead, and one dozen elephants.
The tomato plants to Justify their pic
torial regulations ought to rival sofa
| pillows
hired a little old man who said he |
knew all about gardening as he was
bouse painter by trade, but had given |
that up ON account Of "paintin collie"
He had a two foot rule, long string |
and two pegs, and three tined garden
ing fork. / had all the other necessaries.
| He took three days to get the ground
ready and then began to measure. lie
stuck pegs and drew lines and marked
spots with his rule, but there was not
one straight line in the lot. However,
knew the plants from the weeds by their
. wigwag lines.
He built up 20 hillocks and on the
apex of each planted five kernels OF
corn. This should have been planted on
level with the ground, as found out
when strong wind blew it all fat
The billing is done as the corn grows
and is to hold it up. Eventually it came
to maturity, and the silken tassels chang
| ed from green to brown and the Kernels
| were as white as babies teeth.
The reformed house painter made
more hills ON the opposite side, and IN
these he planted lima beans. Three
giant sunfower seeds were put In eacn
hill with the beans. They grow high
and strong and faster than the beans
and afford solid support. Flat beds
/ we've laid out for peas, beans, okra'
parsley, lettuce, onions, radishes, car
rots, beets, spinach and knob celery.
More small mountains were raised 10
accommodate watermelon and musk
melon and cucumber seeds. think they
all would have done better had they
been planted fiat and hilled up as they
grew. BY this time the plot was full
save for the space left for cabbage, egg
ITS and tomatoes. These three vege-
tables are transplanted about the hrss
week in June from the cold frames :,
planted one quart of onion pips ana
one package of white onion seed These
last transplanted later. The first were
used for early vegetable.
When all the seeds were planted,
there was nothing to do but walt Will
patience. The sun shone warm anu
clear and soon coaxed the tiny Leaflets
out of the mold. Weeds were coaxed
too. ! toiled early, late and between
times, wedding them out, weary ana al
most despairing, but at last got them
all out. would be so tired that couiu
hardly crawl into the house, but TOOK
q fine appetite with me. D.
By and by the work grew easier, ior
felt stronger. I could hoe and rake
and hill up like real gardener. IL was
q constant marvel to watch the seeus
burst their bonds and turn into iiVins
plants.
Just as the lima beans and other ten J,
der plants were up there came Coiu
rain, followed by q frost that killed
them all--okra, too, and muskmeions
land the first week in June nau ~
plant them all over. After this ram Ill.
sun shone warm and started millions =,
new weeds. / fairly oamped III VI.
garden, but at last they were al o'e'
the back fence. f
A Klondike miner could not iee,
more delighted at finding o lump .,
gold as big as hat than l did wnen
found that the radishes were big encusr
to eat. II was only three weeks iIo -,
the day they were planted. In anosn ne'
week lettuce began and beets were ia, y
enough to cook in six weeks. ! nau a.,
ready had several messes OF greens,
made of the tender leaves. linen paS,
carrots, as large as finger were is saI;
and served with cream sauce were ue a.,
oious. In six weeks to day from W
planting string beans were iarge enoJ hs
to cook and until the 10th Oh NoVon ~
the vines, like the widows cruise o. n. -,
were always full. We could nov Ooe''
to eat half the beans that grew q,
The peas were large enough 10 Cav :
the last of June. Taken from the VILE ss
cooked and eaten in less than an no "..
peas show unexpected deiioiou sa"ns
The button onions were good IN SOUP ps
salads and cooked with cream sa ~"
In all I raised two bushels anu -, a'o :
quarts Of oniona about five busne's =.
peaaL more baans than I can tell III