The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-04-25
Garden Notes

Why don't you have Garden Notes"
every week has been asked us several
times recently and 1t has been . matter
OF regret that they have been crowd ID
out several times right when garden
ing is generally most active. The res-
sons are 9, veTal. First advertisers have
found that advertising In The Falcon
pays large dividends. and our columns
have been full to overfiOwing. Wehave
several times left out Of the weekly
issues two OF three columns of adver-
tising matter that could not be crowd
ed in, while the rsst three weeks we
have printed wo ex rs pages each week
to accommodate the extra advertising we
have ordered. In the second place, We
have to admit that our gardening Zeal
has had some hard blows this spring
from cold weather, hard rains, etc.
We have seen few springs when such
conditions were worse and we have
just been WAITING, hoping for better
times. All gardening and farming too.
in this section Is late, and this has had
its effects on Garden Notes. We are
glad they are missed by our readers fol-
interest in gardening is heslthy con-
dition for the families Of the county.
It is time now to plant anything that
has not been planted in the spring gar
den. Weplanted few early snap beans
the first of the present month and We
ere just that much ahead OF what We
would have been, had we waited TIL
Good Friday the date fixed by oId-tim'
gardeners for planting snaps. We die
not get an extra good stand, but theJ
aregrowing nicely and will give MS snaps
much earlier than those planted at th'
ususl time. We risked and won thii
time. Our tomato plants. too. have
been transplanted for more than two
weeks and are we'll set and gro wing
whereas had we waited till the usus
time, we would have had fruit ripe al
much later. II was q risk, but thii
time won.
A dozen good gardeners have ssk't
us this spring II we get 'ettuce to hea'
and how. We have had hard whit
heads of lettuce each season for man!
years and have II now beginning =
head. The point where most fail II
this, is not transpIsuting It from tn
bed to rows or another bed where |
stands at least eight or ten inches apart
It must be given plenty Of room. plent.
of fertilizer and be kept clean. and !
must be of heading variety. Get an.
of the heading varieties. read II on tn
package before buying the seed, plan
in a bed and transplant and keep worke
and you will surely have real head let
tuce.
The Falcon can furnish Pimento pep
pers and egg plants now, have plent
grown at home.
Satisfy seed have been scarce an
high this spring. The writer has give
away half gallon Of seed. These wer
gathered from our garden last Apr
and May aod W have q full row no'
in bloom and will begin gathering tn
seed in two weeks, gathering fe'
heads each day as they ripen, the
MUST be gathered just when ripe Q
they drop fr ,m the head and are lost
Every gardener who has few bunche
now heading should assure himself Q
next years sup ply now. In fact tn
old practice Of saving each year see
for next should be renewed, II 10 wor
while habit.
Time now to get the melon pate
ready. A few hills will furnish a sma
family with csnteloupes and few bill
with water melons, and nothing add
more pleasure to summer time.
Plant cucumbefs. okrs, squash. snaps
pole beans, butter beans. and all "a
other tender plants that have not a
ready been planted.