Come into my garden

Title

Come into my garden

Language

English

Year

1936

Subject

Agricultural education

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

[This article features a gardener from the Bureau of Agriculture where he explains how to grow celery-a salad crop. ]

Fulltext

56 THE YOUNG CITIZEN i.llarch, 19!J6 "C . UME into my garden." '1 his is an invitation which you am! l hope to give some day. 1'hmk 01 the pnde or saymg it. Thmk or what it can mean. lL means tnat we nave grown sometnmg that is our very own-a i10wer plant, pernaps, or a mce rnsc10us fruit. · lt. gives the picture of a little garden, well planted and we11 trimmed. lt means success with tiny seeds. "The Young Citizen" will help you build a garden that will grow slowly out sureiy. l!,very month, we snall invite a guest gardener who wul tell us how a plant is grown. 1f you have a little garden and have grown a very fine tomato or a pretty flower, write us and let us help the others, who may wish to grow the same plant. This month, our guest gardener comes from the Bureau of Agriculture. He will tell us how to grow celery-a salad crop. HOW TO RAISE CELERY The celery grows best in a place which is rather cool, like Baguio. It needs plenty of sunshine in the daytime, and coolness at night. • It is first planted in seed beds. The seeds are very small, so care should be taken that they are planted well in the seed beds or seed flats. Let them remain in the seed beds until the young plants have reached a height of 10 to 12 centimeters. When they have reached this height, they may be transplanted in the garden plot. The Air By J. C. P. YJU ni.ust have learned the different things we need in order to live. We need food but we can go without iood for a number of days and not die. We need water. We suffer if we do not drink w1tnin a who1e day. But there is somethmg wit11out which we cannot live even for a snorc tnne. 1t is air. Close your mourn ugmiy and press your nose so tl1at you cannot breatne. ::iee how long you can endure not breathing. A;- ocean of air is all around us. 'fhis ocean or an· is called atmospnei·e. Plants, an1ma1s, and man all need air. Without air, we shall l1ear no sound. The wond woUJd ue aosornteiy suent. Kain and wind and otner weatner conditions are tne resuits o! -~11e airs oenav.1or. ·111ese conanwns come aoout oecause or cenam cnaractensucs 01 tne air. Warm air 1s 11gmer tnan cold an'. ·rhere.fore, warm an· rises wnue co1a a11· seitits near the ground. Wind is produced when wai·m an· goes up ana cold an· remams near tne grounu. lr you 11ve near the sea you notice tnat there is a strong sea breeze at noon. lt 1s because the land is warmer tnan the sea. Another thing to remember about air is that it has the power to hold water. This ability of air to hold water brings about rain and dew. Be sure that your soil is fertile, moist, loose and friable. Plant the young celery in rows that are 30 centimeters apart. Have a space 0f 20 centimeters between the rows. About three months after planting in the garden, the celery is ready to be harvested. If your celery is of the American variety, you may whiten it in the sun for a little while. If it is the Chinese variety, it need not be blanched.

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