Category: Horticulture

This hardy little onion-like plant grows in thick tufts from small oval bulbs, scarcely larger than a hazel nut. The hollow, abundant grasslike leaves are used for seasoning soups, stews, salads, etc. The plants are propagated by dividing the tufts and planting them in ordinary garden soil. Chives are often used for edging beds, partly […]

The Georgia collard, extensively grown in the south for greens, is a loose-leaved variety of cabbage. The term collard is more or less loosely applied to young cabbages that have not formed heads. Seed is sown in midsummer from June to August for succession and the plants transplanted to rows of 30 inches apart and […]

” The man who grows sweet corn for market, usually appreciates the possibilities of a continuous crop fresh from the field from early July to October,” says Prof. V. H. Davis of Franklin county, “Ohio. ” I have grown this crop for home use and in a small way for local markets for years, and […]

The long growing season of the south makes it almost impossible, at least impracticable, to keep the garden clear f weeds all summer. No matter how clean the garden may be kept throughout the earlier part of the season, the weeds creep in Iater on, and in the fall the garden looks more like a […]

Cress, or peppergrass, is a pungent salad, which may be had from seed within three weeks of sowing. It is planted very thickly in drills and clipped with shears. Rarely does it grow more than 4 or 5 inches tall before running to seed; if cut not too close to the ground, two or three […]

In the storage of vegetables for farm use the main requirements are:’ Correct and uniform temperature, darkness, and the proper amount of moisture. These essentials can best be obtained and maintained in what is commonly known as the root cellar; that is, a cellar covered with earth. Being entirely covered, the outside temperature does not […]

A deep, rich loam, retentive of moisture, is best adapted to the cucumber, and preferably it should be well exposed to the sun. Seed should be planted only after the ground has become warm, or, for very early fruits, on sods or in berry boxes in the hotbed and transplanted after all danger of frost […]

The tubers of this sunflower-like plant are far less highly esteemed than they should be in home gardens. The plants will thrive in any good soil without any cultivation. They need only be held within bounds. Each year they will reproduce from the small tubers left in the ground at digging. A plot to feet […]

Eastern and southern farmers have much to gain by close study of the methods employed in the West to conserve moisture in the soil, because water saving is their problem, also. When an abundant, well-distributed supply of rain prevails, good crops follow. This order of things is not the general rule, however, as every crop […]

According to W. G. Dawson of Dorchester county, Maryland, ” Asparagus, when properly grown and carefully packed, is a good paying crop, and probably the most certain of all in the perish-able list. This is because the supply rarely* exceeds the demand, asparagus being used so extensively in its fresh state and for canning. As […]