 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 686 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep, of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...remainder of the earth, over the mixture so as to form a round hill, about a foot broad at top. Some people use hot stable dung, under an idea that its heat... | |
 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 746 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep, of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix the dung and earth well with the yade, after which, draw the remainder of the earth, over the mixture so as to form a round hill, about... | |
 | P. Agricola - Gardening - 1824 - 230 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed dang, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...remainder of the earth over the mixture, so as to form a round bill, about a toot broad at the top, "When you rhills are all prepared as above, plant in each,... | |
 | William Drown, Solomon Drowne - Agriculture - 1824 - 298 pages
...deep, of old dung ; throw thereon about 4 inches of earth, and mix the dung and earth with the spade, draw the remainder of the earth over the mixture so as to form a roufld hill ahout a foot broad at top. Plant in each near the centre, 8 or 9 good seeds, distant 2... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Fruit trees - 1828 - 322 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...remainder of the earth over the mixture, so as to form a round hill about a foot broad at top. Some people use hot stable-dung under an idea th|£ its heat... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Gardening - 1839 - 320 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...remainder of the earth over the mixture, so as to form a round hill about a foot broad at top. Some people use hot stable-dung under an idea that its heat would... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Flower gardening - 1840 - 418 pages
...the angle of every square, dig a hole twelve inches deep and eighteen over, into which put about six inches deep of old rotten dung ; throw thereon about...dung and earth well with the spade ; after which draw more earth over the mixture, so as to form a circular hill about a foot broad at top. For a definition... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Herb gardening - 1847 - 196 pages
...the angle of each square, dig a hole twelve inches deep and eighteen over, into which put about six inches deep of old rotten dung ; throw thereon about...dung and earth well with the spade ; after which draw more earth over the mixture, so as to form a circular hill about a foot broad at top. (For a definition... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Vegetable gardening - 1856 - 142 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...the dung and earth well with the spade ; after which ('raw the remainder of the earth over the mixture, so as to form a round hill about a foot broad at... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1857 - 672 pages
...eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw thereon about four inches of earth, and mix...remainder of the earth over the mixture, so as to form a round hill about a foot broad at top. Some people use hot stable-dung under an idea that its heat would... | |
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... sandy ground, well exposed to the sun ; manure it and give it a good digging, then mark it out into squares of six feet every way ; at the angle of every square, dig a hole twelve inches deep and eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches... 
