The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-13
a Page Of Interest to on Farmer Friends.
A Nearly Year-Around Vegetable Gar.
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I shall endeavor to give you a brief
history of how I used vegetables from
my garden every month from April to
March. In September, 1901 sowed
some spinach in between the straw
berry rows. After the ground was
frozen / mplched the berries with
long stable manure. This furnished
some little protection for the spinach.
! On February %, I planted some let
tuce seed in a cold frame. Lettuce
plants 1 set in the open ground on
April 2. Some lettuce was left in the
frame, and this was ready for use in
April, not waiting for it to head, but
using the leaves. April Z I began to
use spinach; on the 10th used first
lettuce and on the 18th we used the
first rhubarb. These three cOnstitut-
ed the variety for April. On May 4
we ate our first radishes and picked
the first ripe strawberry on the 18th
five varieties OF truck in May. June
4th pulled first beets; on June
8 used our first peas; dug potatoes
OF June, 20, and ate beans on June
20; these four additional gave US a
list of nine in June.
On July 8 used our first sugar
corn, Peep o. Day variety; tomatoes
on the 18th, squash on the Goth,
pumpkin on the 25th. so that in July
we had green and wax beans, peas,
lettuce, beets. potatoes, rhubarb, on
ions, corn, tomatoes, squash and
pumpkin; II varieties of truck that
month. August l we added cucum-
bers and Lima beans to our bill Of
fare, also radishes during the month.
The only new dishes added in Septem-
Der were eggplant and celery. Peppersl
and cabbage came in October. Potatoes
were dug on July 8 and furnished
our supply until February 1. We
had radishes until the ground froze.
On November 8 We picked all the
green tomatoes on the vines and
spread out newspapers on cement
Of cellar, and laid the toma-
toes on these papers, always handl-
ing very carefully. AS the tomatoes
we continued to use them
into early January, when they were,
exhausted. On Thanksgiving Day I
lug trench besides Winter Queen eel
sry. and setting other celery beside
It two roots wide l pulled soil to the
roots of the dug celery, and then
pieces of thin boards to keep
the dirt from the stalks, I banked up
;ofl outside these boards to their tops.
l put 12-inch boards on top of
his bank, and farther apart than
inside boards, and filed between
the top boards witty leaves. placing
boards on top to keep the water of.
When the weather got colder l bound
stalks in bundles and laid the
bundles so as to protect the celery
1 could. When ! want to get some
celery to use / remove the top hoard
Ind uncover the leaves, dig the eel /
cry wanted, replace the leaves and +
l have been using celery !
every week since September II We +
have also had parsnips right along
sa we needed them since the ground
was first frozen, as we think a nar-
is lacking in sweetness of flavor
Until frozen. / dig a few at a time
wanted for use.
l am writing this on March 8 and
yet have celery and p~arsnips enough
20 last until / need to- clear the
for 1911 crops. Some may
say that my list is very limited.
which is true, but it could very readf-
~ be increased if you care for some
other varieties. Lam situated in New
Jersey in the latitude of Philadelphia.
You see that it is now more than II
months since l began, which makes
it nearly a year-around garden
Stanton Kirkbride, in Rural New
Yorker.