 | Industrial arts - 1807 - 534 pages
...quick lime strewed round the young plants. If the months of June and July "prove dry, water the whole beds plentifully. In the following November, as soon...inch thick with fresh light earth and sand, that. has }akl in a heap and been turned over at least three times the preceding summer ; this, and indeed... | |
 | William Nicholson - Science - 1807 - 844 pages
...round the young plants. If the months of June and July prove dry, water the whole teds plentifu'ly. In the following November, as soon as the leaves are decayed, clear them away, and cover the beds an incli thick with fresh light earth and sand, that has laid in a heap and been turned over at least... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1807 - 528 pages
...whole beds plentifully. In the following Jtfovember, as soon as the leaves are decayed, clear theih away, and cover the beds an inch thick with fresh light earth and sand, that has laid in a heap and been tunit..l over at least three times the preceding summer ; this, and indeed... | |
 | John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe - Gardening - 1818 - 746 pages
...plants from each circle ; planting out those you pull up in a spare bed, or to repair accidents. In November, as soon as the leaves are decayed, clear...an inch thick with fresh light earth and sand, that has been laid in a heap, and been turned over at least three times the preceding summer; upon this... | |
 | Library, John Baxter - Agriculture - 1830 - 594 pages
...their tap-root) in a spare bed for extra forcing, or to repair accidents, If the months of June or July prove dry, water the whole of the beds plentifully....an inch thick with fresh light earth and sand that has lain in a heap, and been turned over at least three times the proceeding summer; this, and indeed... | |
 | John Towers (C.M.H.S.) - 1839 - 746 pages
...cultivation of sea-kale, subsequent to the forming of the beds in the early part of the year : — " In the following November, as soon as the leaves are...an inch thick with fresh light earth and sand, that has lain in a heap and been turned over at least three times the preceding summer : this, and indeed... | |
 | Flower, fruit and kitchen garden - 1853 - 400 pages
...plants from each circle, planting out those which yon pull up in a spare bed, or to repair accidents. In November, as soon as the leaves are decayed, clear...an inch thick with fresh light earth and sand that has ' been laid in a heap, and been turned over at least three times the preceding summer ; upon this... | |
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... in a heap and been turned over at least three times the preceding summer ; this, and indeed all composts, should be kept scrupulously free from weeds, many of which nourish insects, and the compost is too often filled with their eggs and grubs. Upon... 