The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-10-16
HOME GARDEN SUGGESTIONS

HOME GARDEN SUGGESTIONS
As the time for fall frosls draw
near, the growing season for som'
ct our vegetables near the end i
j. highly desirable to provide fol
winter supply some Of our more
commonly used vegetables Beets
turnips, carrots. Irish potatoes, cab
bagc. parsnips and satisfy require
a cool place in which TO be kept
a temperature just above freezing
being best Sweet potatoes, pump
kins and squash will not keep in
50 cool a location and should be
stored where the air is around 80
TO 60 degrees.
Beels turnips. and carrots should
bee harvested shortly before the
ground freezes. Tops should be re-
moved. Taking care not 10 cut the
beet tops any nearer than one inch
from the roots. otherwise bleeding
will take place. These can be
stored very nicely in an outdoor pit.
Such a pit is made by putting n
layer Of straw or leaves on the
ground. choosing Of course a we'll
drained location, and piling these
vegetables in mound on top Of
this straw. On the outside of this
pile a layer of straw should be
placed so that it will be Z TO 6
inches thick after it is packed down.
II the weather is not freezing dur
ing the nights. Immediately after
pitting these vegetables. il is much
better to have them covered only
with the straw for several DAYS.
II freezing weather is present the
stlaw must be covered with 4 to 6
inches Of dirt. This will he sufll-
cient to furnish protection until q,
very cold weather comes. and at
that time another layer of straw.
followed by a second layer of dirt,
should be added. II is often advisa-
BILE to throw some old boards on
top of this mound TO help shed the
rain. In getting vegetables from
pits of this kind in mid-winter, the
dirt and soil is removed slightly
from one side Of the pit near the
bottom and a hole about a foot
square is made through TO the vege-
tables. Enough beets, carrots or
turnips are taken out to last sew
eral days and the hole through the
dirt is then stuffed with straw or
hay and the OutermOst layer of dirt
is replaced. Because of the diff
Guilty of keeping vegetables in
mound after the mound is once
opened in the winter time, it is ad-
visable to make several small pits q
instead of one large one if any |
great quantity of vegetables is TO {
be stored. Bects, turnips and car
rots may be kept in a cool cellar c
in boxes or barrels of moist dirt or :
N piles covered with damp soil. I
Parsnips and salty vegetable t
'ySter is another name for satisfy d
re not hurt by freezing. They can n
re left in the ground over winter, D
'ut since cold weather makes it D
ften inconvenient to dig them, il .
better to dig at least part of the II
rop and to store them in a manner |!
imilar to beets. Since these vege-
ables are not injBred by freezing, Il
is not necessary TO go TO so much II
rouble in making an outdoor pit u
is done for beets; merely a 6-inch c.
aNering of dirt without any straw r.
eing sufficient. u
Irish potatoes should be dug di
'metime before the ground freezes.
is better TO leave the late crop II
ntil the tops have been killed by al
'Ost, because up TO that time the d.
ield is increasing. Potatoes should p
OF be stored which have been fro 81
IN in the ground. All efforts u
lOuld be made to avoid bruising CO