The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-04-17
Our Slogan:
"Bemidji $4,000
Population
in 1925"
Garden Time is Here.

Mayor McCuaig has designated the
week beginning April %, Arbor Day,
as "Clean-up" week in a proclama-
ton issued by him this morning, call
ing attention to the fact that this is
the time of the year when interest
in green lawns. bright flower beds
and backyard gardens begins to as
sert itself.
Throughout the city there are I'M
mistakable signs of garden prepara-
ton and lawn making. Yards have
been raked and cleaned, grass plots
burned over and garden spots spad-
ed, in keeping with the Cleanup cam
paign which has aroused so much in
terest in Bemidji.
Everybody who has a backyard
seems to want garden this year.
The experienced hOmecrOfter knows
that it is one solution to the prob
lem Of the high cost of living, and
others are profting by his expert
ence and are making preparations for
a garden plot of their own this sea-
son.
The matter of first Importance for
the gardener is his seed supply. The
experienced gardener knows that poor
seeds never bring satisfactory results,
and he is therefore careful in his Sc
lection. He is either guided by his
experience in past seasons or by the
advice of some successful gardener
in this locality.
The home gardener should first de-
termine what varieties to plant and
then carefully select his seeds. Good
seeds usually cost but little more
than those of poor quality, and they
are worth many times more than the
slight difference in cost.
Soil treatment is also another i'm
pOrtant feature. If garden has
been cropped for several seasons with
out the aid Of fertilizers, it's yielding
capacity necessarily has been lessen
ed to more or less extent. Under
such circumstances, the surest meth
cd for rejuvenating the soil is the
application of a liberal amount Of
Well-rOtted stable manure thorough
ly plowed or spaded under
Where it is impossible to get good
stable manure, commercial fertilizer
may be used, but it is more difficult
to get as good results. For a garden
rs by SO feet, 100 pounds of the fol-
lowing mixture should insure salts
factory results when thoroughly,
mixed with the top soil after spading:
Four parts of nitrate of soda, eight
parts Of muriate of potash and ten
parts Of crushed phosphate rock or
acid phosphate.
Hot beds that have already been
planted should be protected against
frost these chilly nights. If seeds for
tomato and pepper plants have not,
already been planted, no time should
be lost in getting them in.
Sweet peas as we'll as the garden
variety may be planted soon. It is
we'll to remember that both thrive
better where brush is used as
trellis than they do where wire net
ting is used. For sweet peas the
brush should be six to seven feet
high. If pushed in firmly to depth
of five or six inches in the ground
and placed close enough together to
interlace, the brush trellis not only
stands we'll but looks tidy. -. =.
Many people do their outside plant
ing early. Few things can be plant
ed safely until the soil becomes thor
oughly warm. Even though the seed
may eventually come through, the.
slow termination means weakened
vitality and unsatisfactory growth.
AS soon as the ground is dry
enough to work, preparation for max
ing the lawn may begin. Deep spad-
ing and fertilization will insure the
best results. When there is no wind,
the seed may be sown broadcast by.
hand 1t should be remembered to
SOW thickly enough to insure 9 heavy