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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... light , porous nature , in aerating and pul- verizing the soil . Guano , bone dust , or other fine com- mercial fertilizers act only as such , without in any way . assisting to improve what may be called the mechanical condition of the ...
... light , porous nature , in aerating and pul- verizing the soil . Guano , bone dust , or other fine com- mercial fertilizers act only as such , without in any way . assisting to improve what may be called the mechanical condition of the ...
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... light . In fact , I believe they are valuable for their mechanical effects on almost every soil , unless such as lie along the sea coast , and in some cases a con- siderable distance inland ; on such soils there is no bene- fit to be ...
... light . In fact , I believe they are valuable for their mechanical effects on almost every soil , unless such as lie along the sea coast , and in some cases a con- siderable distance inland ; on such soils there is no bene- fit to be ...
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... light when covered up with snow ? " Much would depend on atmospheric conditions . If the plants were hard frozen when the snow covered up the sashes , then they might safely remain three or four weeks thus cov- ered , without light ...
... light when covered up with snow ? " Much would depend on atmospheric conditions . If the plants were hard frozen when the snow covered up the sashes , then they might safely remain three or four weeks thus cov- ered , without light ...
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... years . It is made in yard widths and can be shaped for use according to circumstances . Probably the sim- plest plan is to tack it to a light frame three by six feet and use it just as sashes are used . 50 GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
... years . It is made in yard widths and can be shaped for use according to circumstances . Probably the sim- plest plan is to tack it to a light frame three by six feet and use it just as sashes are used . 50 GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
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... light , rich soil for the pur- pose , sowing enough seed in each box to produce 1,000 or 1,500 plants , or , if grown in the hot - bed without the box , each three by six foot sash should grow about 5,000 plants ; but we find it more ...
... light , rich soil for the pur- pose , sowing enough seed in each box to produce 1,000 or 1,500 plants , or , if grown in the hot - bed without the box , each three by six foot sash should grow about 5,000 plants ; but we find it more ...
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