Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-18
HINTS FOR The GARDENER
Some Suggestions as to How to Plant and
Foster Growth.
CARE OF GARDEN BED AND WINDOW soxtS
Selection and Planting of seeds
watering and Caring for Plants
and other Useful Infor-
nation.

The Civic improvement league Of Omaha
offers the following timely suggestions and
directions for the planting and care Of
seeds in gardens and window boxes
The seeds can be planted in your garden
as directed on the packet. some can be
planted the last of March in a box filled
with four or five inches Of fine. rich soil.
Put the box In a sunny place and sprinkle
every day to keep the roots from getting
dry. II very cold cover the box at night.
About May 1, when the plants are a few
inches high, transplant on a wet day to
the garden.
Cypress vine, hyacinth bean, morning
glories and nasturtiums should be planted
in the garden, as they are dificult to
transplant.
Any box six OF eight inches deep which
you can fasten to the window will answer
for planting, but Il is best to have one as
long your window is wide, six or eight
inches deep and twelve or fifteen inches
wide. Fill with fine, rich soil and fasten
to the sunniest window, or such boxes can
be placed on a fence instead of near the
window.
Plant morning glories on the side nearest
the house, training them upward on strings
Climbing nasturtiums should be planted
near the outside to hang down over the box.
In the middle of the box plant calliopsis.
zinnias, marigolds, petunias OF pinks Thin
out the plants so that they are four or
five inches apart. Do not forget to water
every day, as they dry out very quickly
The soil should be kept moist to the bottom
of the box.
Where to Make Your Flower Beds
Select the sunniest part Of your yard,
but avoid a place where the dripping from
the roof will fall on the bed. Best effects
are produced by planting all Of one variety
in one place.
Dig up the flower bed as early In spring
as possible. Dig deep-a full foot. Some
rich earth, we'll rotted manure or leaf mold
from the woods mixed in will give you
better flowers. Rake the bed every few
days so as to break up all the Jumps on
the surface or rub the soil between your
hands so as to make II fine on the surface
How to Water.
Until the seeds are we'll up, the soil must
be kept moist by sprinkling every day If
necessary. Watch that the soil does not
get dry, for II it does the little plants will
dry up and die. When the plants are two
or three inches high a good, thorough
watering every two or three days is bet
ter than sprinkling every day. Water only
in the morning and evening.
II crowded the plants will not do we'll
When the plants are two or three inches
high pull up enough to give each plant
plenty OF room. (See seed packet.) Do this
on cloudy day when the soil is moist The
plants you pull up can be planted in another
bed or given to some friends.
An old kitchen fork or small fat thin
stick can be used in transplantlng the small
plants. taking up little soil with each
plant
The plants will flower longer II not al
lowed to go to seed. II you wish to save
seeds allow only few flowers to remain
The more you pick the more you will have
Your rooms will look prettier and brighter
If you put fresh flowers in them every day
or two.
You may know OF someone who is sick
who would enjoy some Of your flowers.
Things TO Remember.
Dig deep and make the soil fine on the
surface. Keep pulling out the weeds all
summer. Sprinkle the seeds every day.
Then water the bed thoroughly every few
days during the whole summer. Pick your
flowers every day. Keep your garden neat
Flowers require attention all summer. By
attending to these things you will have
flowers all summer. (For vegetables, see
seed packet)