. Dreer's garden calendar : 1876. Seeds Catalogs; Gardens Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 4 Zfreer^ s Garden Cale7idar. VEGETABLE GARDEN. ifj REPARATION OF THE Groitnd.—To secure a fair return in season- irj able crops, for the labor and outlay invested, it is essential that irl the soil of the Vegetable Garden should be well under-drained, jf thoroughly trenched or subsoiled, ayid enriched by a judicious ap- plication of fertilizing material. It is still the current opinion, based on experience, that for all purposes well-composted barn-yard manure, when available, is the best material. &qu
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1876. Seeds Catalogs; Gardens Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 4 Zfreer^ s Garden Cale7idar. VEGETABLE GARDEN. ifj REPARATION OF THE Groitnd.—To secure a fair return in season- irj able crops, for the labor and outlay invested, it is essential that irl the soil of the Vegetable Garden should be well under-drained, jf thoroughly trenched or subsoiled, ayid enriched by a judicious ap- plication of fertilizing material. It is still the current opinion, based on experience, that for all purposes well-composted barn-yard manure, when available, is the best material. "We do not deny, however, that several of the concentrated manures, now manufactured, are useful and convenient, especially for a succession of crops. The exposure of a garden has much to do with the early maturity of the crops; an exposure to the morning sun is desirable. The soil must be in a friable state to secure the prompt vegetation of the seeds, and the destruction, or rather prevention, of weeds, is one of the most desira- ble results of frequent stirring of the surface. Soils are susceptible of alteration and improvement in texture; heavy clays can be rendered open and porous, and light sandy soils may be consolidated and rendered more retentive of moisture. For all such details Ave must refer the amateur to more extensive treatises on these subjects, to be found in our " Farmer's and Gardener's Library," page 95. Garden Requisites.—There are several aids to the economical management of the garden, which are almost indispensable; one of these is the hot-bed frame for the forwarding of plants for early plant- ing. A frame, such as is shown in the cut, may be made of Various. sizes, according to the size of garden, from lour sashes upwards. The length of sash is generally seven feet by three and a half wide, the size of glass six by eight inches, making the entire frame of four sashes fourteen by seven feet. The frame should have a southern or south- eas
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