The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-01
ORCHARD AND GARDEN

] Plant flowers literally this year
NGsturtiums, pansies, sweet peas
etc, arc all easy to grow and giva
a wealth of flowers.
Are the dahlias and camas keen
ing we'll? Go over them again
and remove all decay. If bulbs are
shrlNeling, cover Wit sand. They
sohuld be kept firm and plump.
Protect the birds during March
storms. Keep feed boxes where
they can easily find them. Suet.
chicken Or duck fat, and bread
crumbs are relished.
Thousands acres of cucumbers
are grown for seed in California.
They bring from SIS to $85 an
acre and the seed is Shipped TO
many parts of the world.
Where a quantity of any vegc-
table or flower is to be grown
year after year, it is we'll to find
a strain of the seed that does the
best under the local conditions
and tie to it until a better is found
Are you going to make any
maple syrup this year? 1t is
time to get busy if YOU are. Home
made maple syrup and sugar are
mighty good at anv time of the
year.
With the coming of the bright
sunny days, attention must given
the ventilating of the greenhouse
and the watering of the plants.
House plants as we'll as green
house plants require much more
water on bright, warm days.
The average farmstead can veil
afford a good planting of ever
green trees, both for shelter pur-
po"es and for landscape effect.
Large or small trees may be plant
cd and if properly cultivated and
cared for soon make good shelter
The soluces are perhaps best for
general planting. BY using sew
eral kinds variety of color may
he had, among often the best eff
feet is secured by solid plant
4, ing. 1t these are set rather thick
when small they may be thinned
for planting in other places or
for Christmas tree, to advantage.
Now is a good time to put up
some bird houses about the place.
There should be plenty of hyac
inths, datfodils and other bulbs
in flower in the home windows.
I Pussy willow twigs brought in
to the house and put in water now
will soon bloom.
il will soon be time TO do some
too-working on apple or plumb
trees. Better get the cions and
wax ready.
Test all field and garden seed
now. 1t dos"n't pay to plant
dead seed. 1t costs little tu
make tests.
i The following are good flowers
for fragant yradcn: Sweet al
yssum, mignoncttr, vrrbcna
stock. hrliotropc and masturtim
II One of the most effective shrubs
i i'm the garden or border i'm late
5 autumn is the snnwbcrry. Its
large, Well-grown clusters ol
snowy fruit are alway* attractive
! Now is a good time to get the
community Interested i'm better
), streets, parks, school ground.
8 and home grounds. Newspapers
y clubs, and schools can do muct
: to aid in this work.
More gardens will b started thi.
year than ever before. Many will
: be expensive luXurics, while many
}, we'll planned and we'll cared fol
!, will cut down living expenses. Ev-
cry home should hav" its garden
There are more than 100 fruit.
/. bearing Ornamcntals that can b,
planted in Minnesota. Many %
these are not only ornamental bu
furnish quantities of food fo
!. birds. Plant more of these il
tlIickets about iha ho;:lc.
Congress has again made an a,
preparation to enable its members
to remember their rOnslitucn
with few vegetable or nowc
seeds Of the same kind, 40 bette
and we hop" no worse than cal
he purchased from any dealer. II
order to b" reasonably safe it i
better to buy ii" seeds nAcdr'
from the coGgreS slnnal seed.