Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09

village found myself confronted win
the fact that ! had no sultaple p'"'e
for a garden. ,o,s
Now a garden of greater or less
dimensions has always been TO me one
op the actual necessities, hence DE-
gan st once to cast about as 10 ho"
~ overcome the obstacles to success
along the line. o,
The lot I had purchased and upon
which my present residence is pun.
heing so located that the whole lou hau
to be filled and graded up to the aepth
If several feet of course none OF tne
original soil remained at the surface;
And the filing having been ION tne
part where desired to make my vess
table garden) all done from DaiN "u
iaccnt composed of an almost c!eal
Gravel with an admixturc OF sahu |.
really amounted to simply a graVei
hank ON which to construct-if that Is
the proper cxpressicn-a garden SOIL.
OF course / might if could fina the
nlace from which to procure 1t nave
had a surface soil suited to garuenihs
drawn and covered over the saroc'i
plot.
But 7 knew of no place where could
obtain such soil and even if | could 1t
would have been expensive to hlre II
carted for this purpose and | decidea
r. trv if could not secure the desired
results by making the addition 10 'hls
gravel of the elements necessary 1oi
producing and sustaining a grown OIL
garden crops. :,
First off then l knew that 1t would
bn important in soil constituted SO
largely of clean gravel as was tAls "
add largely of humus in some 1orm
and to this end | made heavy ap'
nlication of partially rotted stable ma
nure but coarse enough that it con
tanned a large proportion OF decay III
vegetation.
This supplemented with heaV'
application of q commercial 1ertlliZe'
containing a large percentage OF nltro
gen and phosphoric acid but low II
potash as I had an abundant supply o
wood ashes which |. used for that eie
ment furnishing it thus more cheapi'
than could in any other form.
Then upon the surface used
heavy mulch of stable manure aoou
, all the coarser growing vegetables
this helping to retain the moisture AM
at the same time making graduai pu
continuous addition of humus IN Tn
process of decay. -,
The first seasons growth was 1alri
satisfactory although the season wa
} a dry one and the soil of course Wa
somewhat lacking in retentive po"e
hut the following year a repetition
: the application of generous ,ol W
, dressing of stable manure IN co'lloii
atlon with The undccaycd porticsis
, the mulch applied the previous seaso
7 seemed to perceptibly increase inc nj
l mus contents of the soil and the ga
| den crops grown thereon this secoh
. wear were very satisfactory. =,
), And the mast seasons growth
3. third in succession from the startin
; ncint has been so entirely sat!sfaclol
e with all classes of vegetahleS sro"
:, as to warrant me in recommending
p trial of this method of soil building
t any who may have occasion TO Try
". like experiment.
l. AS have said the growth OF
Il vegetables thereon has been most 81
l. isfactory and successful and with son
cuch os melons, carly cucunlhsTs.
matoes, sweet corn, etc, requiring
warm soil the results have been pi
n ticulsrly satisfactory.-E ]. Browne
,s IN Farm. Field and FireSide.