l8o PRIZE GARDENING 



have an even flow ; when the wind is Hght the windmill 

 does not pump fast enough. 



I ran the water down the whole length of my peas 

 May 29 to freshen them up, also down row of straw- 

 berries. I simply draw a hoe down where I want the 

 water to run, taking only a few minutes. I start the 

 windmill and go away and leave it an hour or so. This 

 soaks the ground for more than a foot on each side of 

 the trench, afterward cover the trench to stop baking. 

 I do not often water the whole garden in this way; 

 only such things as really suffer in bearing, as peas, 

 strawberries, egg plant, etc. Tomatoes I rarely water ; 

 one year I overdid with my tomatoes and they went 

 too much to vine. Water in the garden must be used 

 with judgment. Because once in a while it is good, 

 it does not follow that all the time is better. 



^For watering my celery when the plants are small, 

 before they begin to spread, I have a different plan. 

 Two years ago I purchased several yards of denim 

 and cut it into strips and stitched it into a hose about 

 one and one-half inches in diameter, and closed at the 

 lower end. I lay the hose along the bed between two 

 rows of celery, having fastened one end to my water 

 pipe. I start the water and go away ; the pipe fills up 

 the hose and the water creeps out in small drops all 

 along the denim hose. The advantage of this is that 

 the water comes out quietly and gradually, and the 

 ground does not bake after it. It also moistens the 

 ground slowly and evenly all along the bed at once. 

 I tried muslin hose, but that is too porous and let the 

 water out too fast. Denim is just right. If hose is 

 open at the lower end it will carry water wherever 

 wanted. It only leaks when under pressure. This 

 hose I do not use after plants have begun to spread, as 

 it cannot be got between the rows. The hose lasts 



