The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-13
The Family Garden.

j mere Is 10 adjunct TO home that
affords as much pleasure and prof. ms
a well planned, welt planted and
well cultivated garden. and / use the
word In its broadest sense
The family garden should be conve-
nieItly located 10 the residence; It
should consist OF about one acre OF
land, and enclosed with a we'll con
structed and substantial poultry fence
The plot should be literally fortified
with cow or horse manure. and II
should he broken early and deep, and
narrowed several times to make the
soil fine and to thoroughly incorporate
the manure before the carly planting
begins. The garden should be divided
into four plots by making walks both
ways through the middle Of the gar
De-. crossing in the centre These
walks should he laid OH with line
about three feet wide, with little gut
ter: or drains on each side next to the
beds or squares, and should be oval
shaped so that even In we. weather
there would he a high and dryer place
to walk.
The selection of seed the varieties
and when and how 80 plant are very
important, X is also important to lay
ali rows with Il line and equi-distant.
Nothing adds more to appearances If
not to results than order and system in
the garden. and where this is practiced
you may make sure there will be re-
suits.
The garden should have four-yea
system of rotation, just as the fields
should have, in order to obtain best re-
suits from your plants. The plots
should be numbered ], >, 3 and 4 and
should rotate around once in four years
For INSTANCE, / would take plot No. |
and plant spring turnips, radishes, let
luce, onions or any other early matll,
| ing crop you may fancy. and as these
came off | would plant q late corn and
| bean patch by planting every other
! row.
On plot No. would have two
| planting of Irish potatoes. and jus
| before these mature l would plant corr
| and beans in every other row, or il
| might be devoted to a late cabbage
| patch or some other late crop, ant
whatever crop was selected to follow
s....s 49,. atoes could be worked as the
| potatoes were removed.
On plot No. l would have two
| paintings of corn for roasting ears
and when the corn was waist higl
put in white cfeWder peas. AS til.
cars wore pulled from the stalks
| would cut out for the corn and give
the peas more room.
On plot No. 4 l would plant ali ih'
later varieties of vegetables, such a:
| tomatoes, beets. cuc'mbers, squashes
| or other varieties the fancy dictated
that come Oh in the summer.
I | would rotate these crops so that
to illustrate, the potatoes would no
be planted on the same spot but once
in four years.
| l would plant along the borders O.
the walks few sage bushes, thyme
asparagus and other such useful gar
den plants. but / would have no frui
trees, Currants, Strawberries. raspber
! ries OF grape vines in the garden, bu
| would have all these and other frui
in an orchard set apart for the pur
pose. Such things in garden no
only interferes with the proper rota
ton system, but they shade and draw
from the vegetables and prevent thei
full development.
Such a garden rs 1 have planned
planted and worked would be q thin.
of beauty and JOY forever, and whel
you come in on a hot summers ia,
and sit down to the midday meal, con
templating with ravished eye am
IN aching void in the region of th
stomach the many tempting dishe
that the good wife mot slothful ser
VENT has prepared, you will feel Xix
"praising God from whom all bless
ings flows. II. christopher, Buen;
Vista, Ga, Southern Cultivator.