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NEW TYPE CF, GARDEN
_ Aceording to reports it seeims that
q new type of garden is being de
veloped in Labrador. A few years ago
we marveled at chemical gardens. Here
we have another type of garden with
out soil, but in crushed rock.
At Goose Bay, in Labrador, Dr.
Sinton Hill, ofthe Experimental
’’arm at Ottawa has developed this
new techniaue.
Due to the difficulty of bringing
in fresh vegetables so necessary to
the health of the personnel of the
Mr Base there, it was decided to
try gardening there. The only place
available was a plateau of sand and
crushed rock. The summer days of
course are long and the sun shines
nost of .the night,but the season is
short,
The garden was made by construct
ing eighty-six wooden beds, 100* by
3' by 8', three feet apart and in
.two rows, separated by an alley four
feet wide. They were raised off the
jround for better circulation end
were filled with sand,, lime, and
fertilizer. Water lines were inst&ll*
;d.
The men sooahad radishes for the
ness halls, LafceT there was lettuce,
spinach, swiss chard, beans,beets,
cotatoes, carrots, turnips, and
cabbage. They raised the equivalent
cf 260 bu. of potatoes per acre.
There were no weeBs in this soil,
cut there was some trouble with
maggots and larvae on the cabbage,'
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