Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-03-01
TIE CITIZEN.
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.
Gardening Made Easy and Profitable
L. L., IL, nnt.. Mnfh

Gardening Made Easy and Profitable
by Up to Dnte Methods.
In giving some hints for an up to
date farmers garden where fruits and
vegetables can be produced at n min
imum cost and as much as possible OF
the hand labor that makes gardening
disagrecable may be done away with
W. II. jenkins says in Ohio Farmer:
We should observe some order in the
location of the different crops, and first
we want the early hardy vegetables as
much as possible on one side of the
plot in consecutive rows. We draw
our line across one side of the plot and
plant peas in rows three feet apart.
Plant them with the garden drill by
running it two or three times in row
and plant about three inches deep.
Plant the early ard late vars ties at
the same time for succession. As the
vines grow more soil can be thrown
over their roots by using the suitable
attachments for the horse or wheel cul-
tiyators Most of the crops we will
plant with sufficient space between the
rows to use the horse and cultivator,
and for the garden | would use some
very small teeth.
In rows about five inches apart we
sow with the drill lettuce, radishes,
turnips bects, spinach. satisfy, pars
nips. carrots and plants in hills 3 by y
feet cahhages and caulitlowers.
would advise buying Il hill dropping
seed drill. fci with it we can plant seed
in hills when ii is desired. All these
mentioned can he planted as early az
the ground can be worked in the
spring Later. when the weather gets
warmer. we can plant the corn and
beans with the drill and after danger
of frost is over transplant the toma-
toes, peppers and eggplants and plant
melons. cucumbers and squashes in
rows three to six feet apart, according
to the space they need.
Early in the spring we should pre-
pare seed bed for sowing celery in
the open ground, and this may be
transplanted to the plot where the ear
ly peas were grown. Put all the crops
in as long rows as possible and have
no beds in the garden. but use sections
of rows for those vegetables which are
grown in small quantities. With ev-
erything in rows so as to work the
plants either with the horse or hand
eultivators we are able to dispense
with the greater part of the hand work
that was done in the old fashioned gar
den.
Those vegetables that remain perma-
nently in the ground, rs asparagus,
rhubarb and horse radish, should be on
a separate plot, as we do not want
them where the ground is plowed ev-
cry year. The supply of peas, beans
and sweet corn should be large enough
to furnish the table all that can be
used in their season and with liberal
surplus for canning. These are so cas-
ily grown. with little or no hand labor,
and are so desirable that no farmers
family need he in want of palatable
and nutritious vegetables. These may
to a large extent take the place OF
meat during the summer, especially the
peas and beans. which are rich in pro-
tein. Lima beans are one of the most
delicious vegetables grown in the gar
den and are easily grown If we use
wires for a support for them instead Of
poles | would advise using wire net
ting for support for the vines of the
tall growing peas.