Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-03-15
WALHALIA, 8. @.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH is. 1922.
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A Porch Colory Box.
A Porch Celery Box.

There Is no phase Of vegetation
more easily and conveniently devel-
oped or moro gratifyingly conducive
TO the pleasure and happiness of the
hame maker, both from the stand
point OF Identification and excellent
food product, as the porch celery
box.
For this purpose secure box four
feet long, two feet wide and 20 inches
deep; place on the bottom a strata
OF any kind of soil, four inches in
depth, as base. Cover this with a
layer of barnyard fertilizer four
inches deep, above this q strata Of
dark sandy loan, four inches deep.
Lay the top surface off in rows
Inches apart and one inch deep. Let
this stand IL hours before planting
tho seed. Meanwhile, the seed are
soaking in sweet milk for "a hou;
Tor the purpose Of rapid termination
and tho production Of stocky plants.
each Of which Ia induced by the pro-
tein OF the milk.
When the time for soaking Is ex-
hausted, drain the milk from the
seed and stir in sufficiency Of soil
among them to have each bearing an
accumulation or coating of soil.
Plant them sparingly in the little
rows already laid of, cover the seed
In the burrows, press all the soil sur
face down compactly. Keep the box
well WAterod "a soon as the sell
dries out.
When tho plants are throe inches;
hiGh, thin them out leaving tho per
mNucnt growth four inches apart In
lhe rows. Tie plants which are witL~
drawn may be transplanted in the
garden or disposed Of to other home
makers.
Tacks or wire nails are driven
around the edges Of the box to hold
the cheese cloth covering confined.
Cheese cloth Is recommended as a
protection because it admits the sun
light to the plants. As soon az frost
Is over 1t may be removed entirely.
Keep the soil we'll broken between
the rows with an old fork, which Is
a good substitute as q cultivator. APP
ply liquid fertilizer, using poultry
house excrement, or occasionally
little nitrate of soda. This forces the
plant very rapidly.
If self-blanching celery seed are
used, the little plants will begin to
bleach when they are about ak
Inches high. However, II any
other varietiea are used for planting,
pine needles may be placed between
the rows and against the IL inhes
OF box left above the surface Of the
soil. Place those needles after tho
plants have attained q growth OF six
Inches, and the bleaching process
will begin very quickly.
When the lateral spires have at
tanned the length OF 10 or IL inches,
cut them carefully from tho plant
and use. In few weeks the plant
reproduces these. The blossom stem
should be carefully cut from tho
crown of tho tap root and used. BY
preventing the blooming Of the plant
1t continues to prodcue new, crisp
spries for consecutive years, thus
cconomizing the household expendi-
tures and increasing the Joys OF tho
home maker.
During these consecutive years of
the growth Of these plants from tho
original planting, the soil life Is
maintained hy the application Of the
liquid fertilizer frequently between
the rows OF plants.
Ethel l.. Conuts,
County Home Tom. Agent.