The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-03
VALUABLE HINTS
help IN GARDEN
Labor Saving Facilities May Be
Provided Without Much Ad-
ditionaI Expense.
SUPPORTS HELP SOME CROPS
Certain Plants Do Better and Give
Larger Yield " Furnished Some
thing 20 Climb upon--soms
May De Trained 70 Fence.


Prepared BY the United States Depart.
ment Of AErieultureD
Where the garden is handled IN an
Intensive manner. there are a number
Of facilities that may be provided with.
out much extra cost. but which reduce
the work OF caring for the crops.
For instance. by providing supports
for certain crops about double the
number Of plants can be grown on
given AREA. II is pointed out by Spe-
cialists of the United States depart.
ment of agriculture.
Certain varieties Of early peas do
not necessarily have 90 he provided
with brush or any kind Of support 20
climb upon. hut they viii do better
and yield more n given support. With
the later peas of the telephone or tall.
growing variety. II f. essential that
they be given something To climb upon.
Brush, u brusA raE be procvsred for
this purpose. should be- on hand and
ready for use when the peas are plant.
ed.
Substitutes FOR Brush.
AZ a rule. brush cannot be- secured
In town. so u will be necessary t0 use
some other form of support. Wire
poultry netting ~ 20 "a Inches IN
width probably II the most desirable
support that can be procured. but n
Il expensive. and n very satisfactory
support cnn he made OF chenp twlne
aud few stakes 10 string Il on. In
the ease Of one Of the boys club gar.
dens, the boys did not have the money
20 buy netting. 80 they went to a place
where refuse from the city was
dumped and secured a number of
broom handles and enough discarded
bale wire TO form a very satisfactory
trellis upon which the peas were
trained.
Tomatoes trained TO n single stem
and tied to stakes not only ripen their
fruits earlier than those left upon the
ground but the fruits themselves are
of better flavor; and. because they are
held on the ground. they are cleaner
and more convenient for gathering.
BY pruning and tying to stakes a much
larger number OF plants can be placed
on q given area. Also plants. such as
lettuce. early cabbage. radIshes and
beets. can be grown In the spaces be.
tween the tomato plants.
Many people prefer the bush type
of Lima beans 20 the pole varieties.
because no poles are required for
the bush kinds. II has been found.
however. that under most elrcum.
stances the pole Lima beans are pref
erable. because they can he trained on
strings or wires attached 20 . fence.
or. In case the fence h OF wire. the
beans can be trained on the fence
Itself. BY the use 0f poles or a trellls
Of strings or wire the beans are car
ried no OF the ground and occupy less
space than do those of the bunch va
rieties. The same IL true Of a number
Of garden crops
Vine Crops on Fences.
n the garden is small and there is
not room 10 grow the vine crops on
the ground. they may Ne trained 20 the
south side OF a fence or even npon
the side OF a building. 10 that they
really occupy very little Of the aelhal
garden space. Where II n desired 10
have some kind Of a scree= or shads
over the bach porch, there II nothing
batter than pole LAMA beans. AZ they
form a perfect screen that win last
throughout the summer and at the
same time give 4 supply of fresh beans
for the table. A littie study Of the
habits of she various crops viii enabls
one 10 80 hrfnnEe the garden as 70 gst |
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