Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden : Entirely New and Greatly EnlargedO. Judd Company, 1909 - 376 páginas |
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... ground is done by horse labor whenever practicable to do so ; but it must be remembered that the crops of a garden are very different from those of a farm ; the land is in most cases ( particularly for the first crops ) planted so close ...
... ground is done by horse labor whenever practicable to do so ; but it must be remembered that the crops of a garden are very different from those of a farm ; the land is in most cases ( particularly for the first crops ) planted so close ...
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... ground ; but whenever it can be made , a level spot should be selected , but if there be any slope , let it be to ... grounds , with high board fences , or , better yet , belts of Norway spruce . The most convenient shape of the garden ...
... ground ; but whenever it can be made , a level spot should be selected , but if there be any slope , let it be to ... grounds , with high board fences , or , better yet , belts of Norway spruce . The most convenient shape of the garden ...
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... GROUND . - Assuming that the ground on which the garden is to be formed is in sod , the best time to begin operations is in Septem- ber , October , or November . If draining is necessary , that should be first completed . Before the sod ...
... GROUND . - Assuming that the ground on which the garden is to be formed is in sod , the best time to begin operations is in Septem- ber , October , or November . If draining is necessary , that should be first completed . Before the sod ...
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... ground , to crop with Potatoes , Corn , or late Cab- bages the first season , unless by preparation in early fall it has acquired the proper mellow state necessary for crops of garden vegetables or small fruits ; but it rarely happens ...
... ground , to crop with Potatoes , Corn , or late Cab- bages the first season , unless by preparation in early fall it has acquired the proper mellow state necessary for crops of garden vegetables or small fruits ; but it rarely happens ...
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... ground , so that my friend actually lost over $ 1,000 in crop by withholding $ 60 for manure . Another neighbor , whose lease had only one year to run , and who also unwisely concluded that it would be . foolish to waste manure on his ...
... ground , so that my friend actually lost over $ 1,000 in crop by withholding $ 60 for manure . Another neighbor , whose lease had only one year to run , and who also unwisely concluded that it would be . foolish to waste manure on his ...
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