Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-12

nary Rolling CultiVator
IL is a beautiful place In summer.
this kitchen garden OF mine In Mis-
souri,, and ! am going to give you
pen picture Of It, that you may posi-
bly, enjoy II with me.
1t is so feet long by Go feet wide
and fenced with eight foot high poni'
try netting. Grape vines are trained
over this fence nearly hiding IL.
A few steps from the kitchen door
wire gate opens into this wall Of
grape vine verdure. and ! step at once
into my garden.
In the far corner three fine trees are
growing close 10 the fence. Their
roots run under the fence to beneath
the barnyard. and gather strength
from II, while the trees are H. the
garden, and with their fruit are pro
tected from the stock,
The soil OF my garden is black and
rich, made so by fertilizing from the
poultry houses and by wood ashes
never allow fertilizer from the
barns to be spread on the garden. as
1t ia full of grass seed, and makes
doubly hard the task OF keeping the
garden clean.
The garden is always plowed In the
fall. early enough TO allow any weed
seeds there may be to sprout and
then freeze in the cold weather In
February 1t is plowed again. and the
onion-bed made,
plant the onion seeds In the bed
very thiekly. In localities whore the
ground will be frozen and cannot be
worked IN February this onion bed
should be made In the fall, late enough
80 the seed will not sprout until
spring.
BY planting in this way my onion
seed get we'll soaked. and ready TO
sprout and grow ahead of the weeds
in the spring
After they have been hoed a couple
OF times, and when the tops are three
or four inches long. ! thin out this
bed, and transplant the extra onions
to larger bed. where they grow to
full size.
find that onions raised IN this way
from seed are much aweeter, better
keepers, and fully as large as those
raised from sets.
The work is much more easily done
by planting them thickly at first and
transplanting. than II would be where
they spread out over large bed a.
first.
II seems to do them good to trans.
plant them, as they grow much larger
than the ones In the first bed When
hoeing them do not be afraid Of break
ing down the tops. as that Is neces
sary to make them bottom well.
On the first warm days Of spring
plant my lettuce. radiahes. beets. tur
nips, peas, potatoes and carrots. foI
early use, as the frost will not hurt
any of these
When the radishes are ready for use
and | pull one of them. drop q seed
in the hole. The lettuce ] break on
so that more leaves grow from this
same root. and thus ! keep up th'
supply OF radlshes and lettuce. whil'
using only a small piece Of ground
The tomato and cabbage plants. al
ready raised in the house. set ou
when the time comes. between th'
rows of early peas as the peas vii
be out OF the way before the plant
are large enough to need the room
The tomato plants In this gardei
beautiful. are kept trimmed and fas
tened TO frames. instead OF being al
lowed to fall all over the ground. TAX
ing up so much Of the ground. ant
rotting the fruit.
The sweet corn is planted acros
the far end of the garden instead o
in long rows. because 10 have the ear
, RIl out there must be as much OF
close field as possible.
The celery plants are set out b.
/ tween these corn rows later, and tb
corn natures In time for them Z
} make their growth.
When the potatoes have been hoe
once. and are about six or eight niche
high. plant mammoth Russian sur
flower seeds about twenty niche
apart. between the rows OF potatoei
and so raise the suniiower seed 70
+ my poultry. The potatoes and sur
d flowers do not interfere with eac
E other II the potatoes are allowed hi
much starr.
E AS use ny beets and carrots.
plant the same ground for late IA