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6 What time trim an Oleander? Not known
Autumn suggested
7 How get rid of garlic? Dig up and burn
and be careful where you put the ashes
8 Is their any good in coal ashes as a fertilizer?
Very little except mechanically.
9 Should bare spots in yard be planted
with seed or sodded? Sodding preferred
10 Would ashes be good for for garlic? Very
good, to make it grow.
11 Do any of us plant peas six inches deep
Several try to and say the bear better and longer
12 How plant ground - nuts? Shell and plant
like beans.
13 A grape vine, in Alexanderia, bears a abundantly
every other year, how make it bear
every year? Suggested to thin the fruit
14 Anything known of dwarf Lima beans?
Longwood, Alloway and Riverside are
going to try them. Requested to report [result?]
The questions what are you going to
plant Arbor day, April 10th deferred to next
meeting and changed to "What did you plant"?
It is recommended to dig holes for
trees wide and deep and if the soil is stiff
put in drainage then inverted sods, rich
earth etc water weill when half planted
finish planting and mulch boards or
stones are good as a mulch if chickens
have access to them.
Kate Janney commendes Henderson's
dwarf champion tomato as a good bearer
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