The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-01-28
Your Small Garden
BY CHARLES A. KEFFER

Globe or Stone Tomato, Purple Top
Strap Leaf Turnip. This list would
provide canned peas, besns AID toma-
toes : for winter use, green onions
and lurnip salad for late fall, winter
and spring, and fresh vegetables thru
out the growing season. But / would
rather have more varieties than six,
and would advise everyone to grow as
many kinds as he can.
Garden soil should be well drained
loan that will warm up quickly in the
spring, and not dry out too readily. 1t
is best plowed deep in the fall, but II
fall blowing has been neglected turn
the land as soon as it will plow well.
1t is hardly possible to have soil too
rich for most vegetables, SO the garden
should be MANFRED heavily. IL the
manure is coarse 1t should be plowed
under, IL foe it may best be spread on
the plowed land and cultivated In
with disk aud spike tooth harrow.
Thoro PREPARATION in advance OF plant
ING is essential to successful gardens
The garden should be deep plowed.
II the work is done in the fall follow
the turning pillow with 3 subsoiler or
bull tongue to depth Of twelve inches
or more. In small backyard garden
better work can be done with q spading
fork than with plow.
A large planting may be made OF such
vegetables as retain their quality
long time; potato and onion (bulos) are
examples. but when the vegetable
remains in edible condition for only a
short time. frequent sowings and small
paintings should be the rule; pea and
snap beans are Of this class. Vegesa-
bIes that fruit thru long season. as
tomato, should have at least two plant
ings for best results, There is much
waste in planting too much at time.
The general rule is plant often, and a
little at time. !
Snap beans should be planted every
fifteen day from the MIDDLE OF April
to the fret of September, if continuous
supply is wanted in the best condition
for the table.
Irish potatoes can be planted safely
in January or February, with second
crop, usiag cold storage seed, In July.
Cold storage seed will sprout promptly
if the soil is in good season at planting
time. Seed from the first crop often
lies in the ground for week, without
sprouting.
/ Alaska peas may be planted in jan
uary, IN late March, and under favor
able conditions a fall crop may be
/ grown If planted the last OF August.
| If the Yellow Danv,rs Onion seed are
sown in January the Trimmings can be
used as green onions in May and June,
and The crop will lie ripe in August
affording winter supply; the culls
from the crop planted 10 September
will give salad onions for the winter.
Turnips, planted the first week in
August, will make a good yield for q
fall and winter use, and the culls, II
left in the ground undisturbed, will
give a good supply ofigreens turnout the
winter and spring.
A small planting Of tomatoes should
be made as early as possible for table
use, but for the main crop, or for car
ming seed may be sown where the
plants are to stand, in late April. and
the crop will be at its best in Septsm'
Der and October.
IL the beans are wanted for canning
an extra large planting should be made
about the middle of June or the first OF
July. The remaining plantings Of
beans are intended for the table use
and as the beans only ''snaps" for q
bout week. frequent paintings are
necessary.
The Division of Extension. University
,of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
has issued garden bulletin which con-
tains directions for making end mana
ging hot teis and cold frames, plant
ing plans for = garden Of . dozen vege
tables, and for an acre garden OF oil
kinds of vegetables, small fruits and
orchard fruits. A copy can be secure
free OF your county agent, or by posts
card request to the Didsion Of Exten-
sion.
/ Except potatoes. all seeds are scarce
and have advanced In price since tn
war began. The garden suggested il
this circular will require the followin,
seed, with four pounds of beans I'D
ditionsl If much canning Is 10 be done
, OF. onion seed No.
pkt. tomato seed--.-......A.---------.----. %
| ID. turnip seed .-------- .------.--.3
2 Ibs. pes seed-----.-----.. .----------------.7
Ia lbs. bean seed ----.--.---..-- --.--- ~
4 bu. potato seed -----------..-- 49,. II
Total ------.---.-.-..--... 49,. -------- "a. 8
These Recommendation are liberal /