. Around the year in the garden, a seasonable guide and reminder for work with vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and under glass. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. JULY: FOURTH WEEK 187 trellis to an extra-heavy foot piece, and giving the whole base, before it is put into the ground, a coating of wood preservative or heavy tar REINFORCED TRELUS FOOTING ANGLE-IRON FOOTING FOR TRELLIS Vines for Pergolas and Trellises; Sundials The grapevine is not half appreciated for use on trellises about the porch; its big leaves furnish summer-long shade and in addition there . is fruit in the fall. Two
. Around the year in the garden, a seasonable guide and reminder for work with vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and under glass. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. JULY: FOURTH WEEK 187 trellis to an extra-heavy foot piece, and giving the whole base, before it is put into the ground, a coating of wood preservative or heavy tar REINFORCED TRELUS FOOTING ANGLE-IRON FOOTING FOR TRELLIS Vines for Pergolas and Trellises; Sundials The grapevine is not half appreciated for use on trellises about the porch; its big leaves furnish summer-long shade and in addition there . is fruit in the fall. Two ^ by seven-eighths-inch furring, which may be bought in bundles of fifty feet at any build- er's makes ideal mater- ial for trellis work. The main supports should be made of heavier s t u ff, measuring at least two by two inches or two by three inches. A simple form of con- struction is shown in the accompanying cut. Much of the success to be had with vines, chmbing roses, and so forth, used to cover pergolas, arbors, trel- lises, summer houses, and the like, will depend upon the preparation of the soil in which the things are planted. Frequently the soil has not been used for garden purposes and is very poor. When you are building it will take very little more time to dig out and properly prepare a bed for planting. Dig out to a depth of a foot and a half, saving the good soil to use again and discarding the subsoil and litter. Fill in with good earth well enriched with manure and coarse 1 1 1 -1 1 VERANDA TRELUS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye), 1884-1976. New York, The Macmillan company
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