Excerpt from The Cultivation of Allotments Although it is not always possible to select an ideal spot for an allotment garden, yet it is worth while to know what to consider if a selection is possible. The garden should not be on very high ground, since on high, exposed positions drying winds and gales may do much damage. Nor should it be too lowlying, since many low lying gardens are subject to fogs and late Spring frosts, and may even be waterlogged. It is also desirable that the garden should have a gentle slope to the ...
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Excerpt from The Cultivation of Allotments Although it is not always possible to select an ideal spot for an allotment garden, yet it is worth while to know what to consider if a selection is possible. The garden should not be on very high ground, since on high, exposed positions drying winds and gales may do much damage. Nor should it be too lowlying, since many low lying gardens are subject to fogs and late Spring frosts, and may even be waterlogged. It is also desirable that the garden should have a gentle slope to the south, south-east, or south-west, so that the crops get a maximum amount of sunlight and air. Plants grown under these conditions ripen earlier and resist insects and disease better than if these conditions are impossible. We are Often asked how large an allotment garden should be. NO general answer can be given. A man with a good deal of time on his hands might cultivate as much as forty poles (or quarter of an acre), but the usual sizes are half a chain (or 8 square poles), ten poles, and one chain (or 16 square poles). There is a decided advantage in having the allotment garden long and rather narrow, especially if it is possible to have it long from east to west and short from north to south. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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