The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
MAKING A GARDEN.

Several days ago The Banner print
ed a column of suggestions relative
to the preparation and planting a
garden. These suggestions were
drawn from many years experience
as an amateur gardener and appear
to have been read by good many
people. At least The Banner has re-
ceived several requests to print an
other article taking up other topics
having to do with gardening and in
reply to this request offers the fol
lowing.
Every garden ought to contain at
least few hills of pole beans. They
are easier to grow than the bush var
ieties and are much more convenient
for the woman of the house to gather
and she usually has that part of the
work to do. The old standard pole
bean is the Speckled Cranberry and
for general purposes it has never
been excelIed though many people
prefer Limas. The Limas are some
what later and a little more subject
to disease but can be grown any
where in Vermont.
For bush beans there are score
of good varieties but three standard
sorts will give the best satisfaction
in the long run. These three are,
the early Red Valentine, the Black
Wax and the Dwarf, or Bush Horti-
cultural The Red Valentine is a
round green-pod string bean but
available later as general crop If
desired The Black Wax is the kind
that affords the rich yellow pods
while the Horticultural makes good
succotash and can be used either as
a shell bean or in winter for baking.
Some people like the bush Limas
but they are a poor yielder and not
in the same class with the pole
Limas.
Few people appreciate the value of
wood ashes in a garden. 1t is impos-
sible to get them in any consider
able quantity nowadays but when OBJ,
tainable they are one OF the most
valuable fertilizers that can be sup
piled the garden. They can be used
profitably in connection with almost
any crop and are most essential to
sift over the surface where onions,
radishes, cabbage, caulinower, etc.
are planted to keep off the small in
sects that destroy these plants just
after thy break through the ground.
In. using manure from the henyard
1t is best to mix il with plaster or
or ,hpsn
is too strong to apply directly to ten.
der garden crops. 1t can be used in
the hill under, corn but in general 1t
is better to apply it broadcast than
to use it in the hill where ii comes in
close contact with the roots.
There are many desirable garden
crops not generally grown in this sec
ton but which add to the interest
and variety OF home garden.
Among these may be named. Brus.
sells sprouts. endive, eggplant, kohl
rabi, kale, peanuts, chicory. leeks,
can be grown successfully in Ben
nington with little special care In
planting. 1t is a good thing to try
one or two Of these specialties
every year. Try it with few plants
and If you make success you can
go in on larger scale next year.
Many people can greens. for winter
use, using dandelions. spinach and
kale but the curled endive is the
easiest green to grow for canning
purposes and may be planted late
where some of the early vegetables
have been taken off.
1t is possible in Bennington to
grow two crops on nearly every foot
of garden soil if one has the skill
and industry to work out the garden
schedule properly. For instance, AL |
aska peas planted now should
yield their crop in full by June % |
and can be pulled and an early vari |
ETY. of sweet corn planted on the |
same ground. The Bovee or other ex |
tremely early varieties of potato |
planted now can be dug by July 10 |
and the ground planted to string
beans for Septmber use.
A commoner system of growing
-wo crops on the same area is to
nave, cabbage plants ready to set out
where the early peas and string
BEANS are taken off and to set turn.
ps or kale where the early potatoes
ire dug Radishes, lettuce and pep
should be grown in April
md May and where it is planted set
he tomato plants the first of June.
By care and a little extra effort, it is
astonishing to see the amount of
Kings that can be grown on small
.rea
Sometimes it is hard to get onion
cts which are one of the best of the
arIy spring crops and can be har-
ested in season to rlant winter