The American Gardener's Calendar; Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States: Containing a Complete Account of All the Work Necessary to be Done ... for Every Month in the Year; with Ample Practical Directions for Performing the Same ...B. Graves, no. 40, North Fourth-Street, 1806 - 648 страници |
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... dung , wherewith to make a small hot - bed for a seed - bed , in which to raise the plants to a proper growth for transplanting into larger hot - beds next month to remain to fruit ; for this purpose a small bed for a one or two light ...
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... dung is rank , it would be proper to prepare it a little to an improved state , more successful for that purpose , by forking the whole up into a heap , mixing it well together ; and let it thus remain eight or ten days to ferment ...
... dung is rank , it would be proper to prepare it a little to an improved state , more successful for that purpose , by forking the whole up into a heap , mixing it well together ; and let it thus remain eight or ten days to ferment ...
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... dung of the bed , lest it throw in too much heat immediately to the earth and roots of the plants ; covering the top with earth two inches thick , to preserve the heat , and prevent the rank steam of the new dung from coming up , and ...
... dung of the bed , lest it throw in too much heat immediately to the earth and roots of the plants ; covering the top with earth two inches thick , to preserve the heat , and prevent the rank steam of the new dung from coming up , and ...
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