This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...this month and the beets may be transplanted freely if most of the tops are cut off and plenty of water given. Beets do not require as much thinning as some of the other root crops and in the home garden may be thinned out in such a way as to give beet greens for the table. Although sweet corn was sown last ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...this month and the beets may be transplanted freely if most of the tops are cut off and plenty of water given. Beets do not require as much thinning as some of the other root crops and in the home garden may be thinned out in such a way as to give beet greens for the table. Although sweet corn was sown last month, there is no need to plant pop-corn until June. Winter pumpkins and squashes will have plenty of time for growing, if planted this month. It is a common and excellent practice to grow pumpkins among the corn. Welsh onions planted now will give fine bunching onions next spring at a time when they will be highly prized. New Zealand spinach should be better known. It is not really a spinach at all, but makes a first class midsummer substitute for that favorite vegetable. As soon as the pea and bean vines cease to bear they should be pulled up and burned, thus leaving the ground free for a later crop, which may be cabbages, celery, rutabagas or mangels. People who keep hens often make it a point to plant mangels for winter feeding. Another good crop for the poultry keeper to grow in the garden is Dwarf Essex rape, which will be large enough to feed in five or six weeks and may be fed continuously from the same plot of ground, as new tops develop when the old leaves are pulled off. The same plan may be used with Swiss chard, a very useful vegetable for the small garden. The leaves boiled are a good substitute for spinach and the midribs may be cooked in the same way as asparagus, having much the same flavor. Late in the month celery plants may be set out, whether home grown or purchased. Celery is not hard to grow if a few important points are remembered. It needs good rich soil to begin with but will stand a little shade. Much is gained if...
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