The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, and Shrubbery. To which are Added Brief Notes on Farm Crops ...Harper & brothers, 1859 - 531 Seiten |
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... ground have no natural descent to the south , it should be made to slope by raising it gradually until the back of the . border is six or eight inches higher than the front . It must also be kept in the highest possible condition by the ...
... ground have no natural descent to the south , it should be made to slope by raising it gradually until the back of the . border is six or eight inches higher than the front . It must also be kept in the highest possible condition by the ...
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... ground will permit . This will save much otherwise wasted labor , and allow more readily of advantageously second crop- ping those portions from which early peas , & c . , & c . , may have been removed ; and with a farther view to this ...
... ground will permit . This will save much otherwise wasted labor , and allow more readily of advantageously second crop- ping those portions from which early peas , & c . , & c . , may have been removed ; and with a farther view to this ...
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... ground of your plot be sloping , and the water ooz- ing to the surface , note carefully the upper edge of the line of ooze ( A , A , Fig . 2 ) , which is simply the natural drainage , whose current flows always in the direction of the ...
... ground of your plot be sloping , and the water ooz- ing to the surface , note carefully the upper edge of the line of ooze ( A , A , Fig . 2 ) , which is simply the natural drainage , whose current flows always in the direction of the ...
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... ground be pretty wet and the weather cold , the frosts of winter coun- teracting the ill effect that in other circumstances would re- sult . But the cultivator who in spring turns up a wet , smooth , heavy furrow - slice to the bright ...
... ground be pretty wet and the weather cold , the frosts of winter coun- teracting the ill effect that in other circumstances would re- sult . But the cultivator who in spring turns up a wet , smooth , heavy furrow - slice to the bright ...
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... ground , or in working be- tween certain crops in wide rows . It is performed with the spade ( Fig . 37 , p . 48 ) , or a strong fork made for the purpose , and called a spade - fork ( Fig . 50 , 24 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN .
... ground , or in working be- tween certain crops in wide rows . It is performed with the spade ( Fig . 37 , p . 48 ) , or a strong fork made for the purpose , and called a spade - fork ( Fig . 50 , 24 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN .
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Seite 66 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...