New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-12-31
WORK IN THE GARDEN FOR
JANUARY.
Prepared Especially for the En-
terprise by E. j. G.

The direction here given. are
fer the latitude # the Parish o.
Iberia. Those wncsc ,ocation j,
imorc Northerly must use then
Town Judgment in adopting fire dl
lrections t. their locality:
| am continually being asked
lbv parties who wish to grow
vegetables on small scale for
family use and others who desire
Ito raise in quantities for market
lmany of them not having any
knowledge or experiences would
like to know if | thought they
could succeed.
OF course they want to have
garden. it is so much nicer to have
fresh vegetables from vorr garden
han to go to the market and bu,
them. little do they think that
there is a great deal of work al
ltackstl to the raising of vege-
tables.
We know it is very inconvient
for fami les living some distance
from market to send every morn
ing for vegetables. every family
should have garden and can, it
they will only make up their
Imlnd.c nc
For those who wish to begin,
January is the proper time, Com
mence at once and clean up the
piece of land you intend to utilize
for that purpose.
If the piece of ground you in
tend using has been cultivated
last season. have it thoroughly
cleaned by having all corn stalks,
ol1ra, elephants. weeds. etc. pulled
up, put in pie and burned. by
doing this you. will get uid Of
many insects and eggs that would
hatch in spring and be just in
time to feed on young plants. Be
particular also to have all weeds
and grass along fences cut, put in
a pile and burned. Just as soon
as the weather will permit have
your land plowed into beds, and
allowed to remain in rough state
until ready for use. Cold rains,
ice and frost viii put it in fine
condition,
GM your. hot beds and cold
frames ready-sow in hot beds, to-
mato, peppers, eggplants. cucum-
bers. I'M cold frames early cauli-
flower, cabbage, lettuce.
The most difficult seed to germ
mate in cold weather is the egg
plant and after termination. the
young plants are attacked by in
sects which is very discouraging
those who do not know the rem
edy.
Now if you want to succeed in
raising eggplants get box large
enough for the quantity of seeds
you want to SOW, if smalh box
can be kept on the gallery during
fine weather and taken in at
nights.
If you wish to sow a large
quantity of seeds, get a large box.
it can be put in the garden pro-
tected from the cold and north
wind, the box should be elevated
about four feet from the ground.
After the box has been filled
with soil, pour boiling water over.
The soil must be well saturated. 50
as to destroy all insects and eggs
that has been taken up.
As soon as the ground is dry,
raked and levelLed and free from
rlods. then SOW the seeds. sprinkle
with warm water, cover seeds with
pulverized dirt, the box must be
covered with boards or canvas for
several days.
AS soon as the seeds are up,
,lr;nkle with tobacco dust I, keep
,ff insects. if the weather is fine
md not cod uncover during the
lay. Plants should have plenty of
sun; at night the box should BIZ
covered if it is cold and any dan
ger Of frost. when necessary plants
'hould be sprinkled, always use
warm water, but do not keep the !
.ronnd too wet as plants will
lamp off.
The object Of elevating the box
s to keep off insects, tobacco dust |
should be used often. Do not set |
nut plants until the weather is
ettled, nothing is gained by set
ng out too soon.
The success Of your spring gar
len will depend entirely upon the
Of your land and the |
quality of seed you will sow.
Get out your seed catolog and
make out list of the variety of
leeds YOU want to plant, the new |
rop has been received by seed
merchants, so there is no necessity |
# buying old seeds left over from
ast season, as they will not germ |
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