Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-08
MAKING A VICTORY GARDEN

s The victory gardener will find the
best time for cultivation is after a
shower. but not Immediately after a
lowed to dry on. and then the gardener
should get busy. Between onion rows
the hoe can't be used very advan-
tageously. especially II the plants are
very young. Get down on your knees
and pull out the weeds.
The value of liquid manure on
growing vegetables il realized by
few. If you have chickens save the
droppinss until you have accumulated
2 bueketful or SO. Then get an old
barrel and NIL 1t part way with water.
Then place the droppings in an old
pail. This pail must have numerous
holes punched in 1t. Attach a string
to the pail and lower it into the water
barrel.
II the mixture is strong enough the
water will take on a dark color. This
fuid then may be used with good ef-
feet on any growing plant.
Keep a sharp eye for esg-laying in
sects.
Watch your potato plants. which are
One of them Is the black rot, or blight.
Bordeaux mixture will keep this blight
out of the garden II used freely. Free
Quent cultivation also acts as a stay,
but the best method IL spraying. The
blight is first noticed when the tips
. of the leaves begin to turn black.
; This condition, II not checked, finally
spreads down the whole stem until it
reaches the main branch. where the
: leaf branch finally withers and drops
OF.
The female potato bug lays its eggs
|, on the underside Of the vine leaves.
and nifty to the clump. II the9e eggs
can be destroyed before they are
! PATCHED the garden may be kept
reasonably free from the pest. But If
, they are allowed to hatch the garden
! 1s in for a time Of 1t. for the insects
age.
: Thousands Of gardeners pinch the
egg masses between their fingers or
pluck OF the entire leaf on which the
; egg mass Is deposited and put 1t in q
. convenient can Of gasoline The same
method can be applied to the mature
. bugs. but it is slow work.
: A problem Is presented in bean
/. poles to the victory gardener who
would raise pole limas. Poles may be
= purchased. but the cost is SO pro.
hibitive this year that another wa,
T. out must be found. and the followine
: has succeeded well: Take two good
poles about seven feet high and sink
F.. them into the ground at either enc
, of the row for about a foot or a foo
: and a half. They should be PLACED
slightly on the slant outward ant
may be braced at the bottom will
rocks or bricks, which must be tamped
down.
Then take a cord and run it from
one pole to the other at the top
f. Stretch the line taut. II wire Is OBJ.
/. tainable use that instead. Then tax,
other wire or cord, tie 1t to the eros,
line and bring the ends down to tn,
plants which are coming up out of tn,
ground. Take sticks about six inches
long and point them on one end ant
notch them on the other. Then ii,
the end Of the string to the notch ant
drive the stakes into the ground neal
the plants. AS soon as the feeleri
come out on the plants train them t.
climb up the strings. and very shortly
they will reach to the top and follow
along the cross line.
This year victory gardeners are
using bush limas. These dwarf lImai
grow to height of about a foot and
half TO two feet, and the bean pods