Archive image from page 68 of Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting,. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses culinaryherbsth00kain Year: 1912 ( CULINARY HERBS 47 These lumps must be left undisturbed during the winter for frost to act upon. All that will be neces- sary in the spring will be to rake or harrow the ground. The clods will crumble. I once had occasion to try this method upon about 25 acres of land which had been made by pumping mud from a river bottom upon a marsh thus con- verted into dry ground by the sedimentation. Three sturdy horses were needed
Archive image from page 68 of Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting,. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses culinaryherbsth00kain Year: 1912 ( CULINARY HERBS 47 These lumps must be left undisturbed during the winter for frost to act upon. All that will be neces- sary in the spring will be to rake or harrow the ground. The clods will crumble. I once had occasion to try this method upon about 25 acres of land which had been made by pumping mud from a river bottom upon a marsh thus con- verted into dry ground by the sedimentation. Three sturdy horses were needed to do the plowing. The earth turned up in chunks as large as a man's body. Con- trary to my plowman's doubts and predictions. Jack Frost did a grand milling business that winter! Clods that could hardly be broken in the au- „ „ „ . „. ,'' ixi vo J Surface Paring Cultivator tumn with a sledge hammer crumbled down in the spring at the touch of a garden rake! CULTIVATION Having thoroughly fined the surface of the garden by harrowing and raking, the seeds may be sown or the plants transplanted as already noted. From this time forward the surface must be kept loose and open by surface cultivation every week or lo days and after every shower that forms a crust, until the plants cover the whole ground. This frequent cul- tivation is not merely for the purpose of keeping the weeds in check; it is a necessary operation to keep the immediate surface layer powdery, in which
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