The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-04-11
Garden Notes

den working during the entire growing
season is now becoming better under.
stood. with the result that fair pro.
portion of our amateur gardeners now
plan their grouni With this end In view
II does seem sbsurd to prepare land by
msnuring and careful digging, and yet
only work II for two months or 30
This Of course refers to . short season
crop such as lettuce, early beans. peas.
and such like, which will nave finished
their season OF usefulness by mid July,
and from this time On throughout sum.
mer and fall In many, many gardens. The
ground coupled by these early vege-,
tables remain idle. In addition to the
un'idy appearance Of the garden ere ated
bv allowing the old vines or plants to
remain. tits a most wasleful procedure
to allow asingle foot of ground to stand
unoccupied, as by making successive
sowlngs we may keep the ground work.
ing for US right up to frost.
Imagine being without snap beans
after aid July, when we may enjoy them
until the vines are killed by frost. To
accomplish this we must make success
sionaI sowings at intervals Of three
weeks until iate July and in some sec
tiuns up to mid August. There may be
little danger attending the latest SOW
ing, but risk is we'll worth taking and
1t is a simple matter to protect crops
susceptible to frost by covering them
for few nights with old sacking or
even paper, as it does not require very
heavy coverings to throw off a little
frost, and if we can bring the plants
safely through the earliest visitation of
Jack Frost, the plants may be immune
for several weeks thereafter
If we except the grower for market.
Bush Lima beans are not as a rule sown
more than once, but in this vicinity we
can SOW them up to late June or even
early July and depend on receiving q
nice late crop.
Cabbage for fall and winter use should
be sown towards the end of May or
first week In June. From this sowing
good plants should be ready for plant
ing out during July, to follow some
early crop. Planting at this time try
to have them set out following or just
p oceding a good shower. otherwise the
pl ns WI require to be watered at
planting and perhaps following, accord.
ing 10 local conditions.
Caulfiower may also be sown at the
same time, but use early varieties such
as Dry Weather and Best Early, When
planting out cabbage or other members
of this family during summer, the leaves
should always be cut half back, and the
plants will recover much quicker from
the shock or check received during the
operation of transplsntlng. If yon have
never grown Chinese cabbage do moi
omit to give it trial this season, but
90 not SOW the seed until August. sowr
cal lier the plants will bolt TO seed with.
out forming heads.
Celery as a rule follows some early
crop such as beans, peas anu the seed
for this planting should be sown towards
the end of May. The seed bed (f sowr
! in the open) must be made quite fine,
though if only limited numoer of
plants are required it may be sown In q
wooden flat or pan using a very light
and porous compost The seed should
only have the merest covering of fine
soil, not more than one.eIghth 0t al
inch, shading it from bright sun so that
frequent watering will not be necessary
unul the seed germlnates. When an
inch or so high, transplant to otner fats
c,ld frame or in specially prepared
bed in the open, spacing them fully two
inches apart. The soil should be rich,
ard 1t is sn excellent plan TO have .
layer of old rOlted manure or Leaf molc
two inches thick and tno inches undei
the surface. The seedlings will quIckly
send their roots into this cool and nour
i4hing sandwich and growth thereafter
wIl be rapid and sturdy. and they vii
form a mass of fibrous roots which vii
later insure safe trsnsplanting to theil
permanent position in the garden.
When not limited to space, Sweet
Corn should be-svsiiable from July IN
iii FROST THIS of course entails sue.
cessionsl sowings, starting from l-t'
March. sccording to location, and SOW
iug at intervsls Of ten days TO tws
weeks according to the varieties used
When using one variety only. such q
Golden Bsntsm-thst sweetest Of 81
sugar corn-a sowing should be made
every ten Gays, but II We SOW a firsi
early. mid season and late variety esct
tine. then an interval OF three week;
should elapse between the sowiDgs, the