Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-26
Gardening

| Gardening
when Adam delved and Eve spun
Adam was a gentleman" and that
prehistoric impulse to delve and spin
is yet in the hearts Of humanity. 1t
does not take the same form with
all Of US, the training our ancestors
had combines with the primitive i'm
pulse for delving, and may be pleas
ure to some what would be to 9TH
ers tedious law books, queer chemi-
cal mixtures or more efficient tools
for others.
And so it Is with women, there
would be little progress in this
world if the women did not show as
much initiative as the men, clothes
may not be woven, nor even made,
in the home, but the wife or mother
keeps step in the march Of prog
ress.
There is one primitive instinct
that has not been changed, and that
is actually digging in the soil. Some
! work the microbe cut by bringing
some boxes in and planting seeds
and finally setting the. boxes on the
floor or railing to the front or back
porch. Others. have better opportu-
mites and have pits, or the more
fortunate have hot houses and con-
servatories-all are not only pleas
ures, but beneficial. To help things
grow, to put the seeds in the ground
and cultivate the young plants is
helping God This world was made
to delight the eyes. We read Of the
Garden Of Eden, and that should
be an example for all Of us. Many
Of us may be limited to row in the
vegetable garden. Where ora '0''~t
decide between wrangle over the
chickens and roses, or two much
shade, try the boxes, or a row in
the garden.
And here comes the main point,
the wherefore Of the thusness. Our
catalogues have come. The toma-
toes and Golden Bantam corn, lus-
cious melons and beautiful flowers
are tempting to any one the least
bit tinctured with the gardening
germ.
Now Is the time to study, to plan,
to look over the past and to avoid
the mistakes made last year. One
thing is certain, I am not going to
buy any more premium" seeds.
like to be accommodating, but It
really costs less to give the price to
the canvasser working for a set of
dishes, silver spoons or whatever it
may be, and then send to our own
| reliable seed house and get the sort
true to the name printed on the en-
velope, and be sure you are plant
ing seeds that will come up, than to
| plant and wait and then have 10
order in the eleventh hour. 1t Is
foolishness for a family of five to
plant just row or two, or to plant
for ten people, try to plant enough
to have an abundance, but none to
waste. Remember how they held
out for the family and to can last
year, and govern the amount Of
seed planted by chat. Some like
to have one or two days devoted to
| canning, but that's risk, for Things
don't always turn out as we plan. I
wouldn't have had a bean, or to-
mato canned last year, but for the
fact that put up quart or half
gallon from the first day. We are
enjoying chile sauce made year be-
fore last, and our soup mixture was
made then.
I have heard complaints about
Golden Bantam, and Country Gen.
tlemen corn. It is well to know that
the stalks are not more than four
feet high and the ears look like Sec
ond-class nubbins. never shall for
get the first planted after came
to this Experiment farm. The man
I persuaded to plant 1t had more
than enough to say about the Gold
en- Failure" as he named it. kept