Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1880 — Hints for Window Gardens. [ARTICLE]

Hints for Window Gardens.

Pretty window gardens may b made by taking the tin boxes in wliic mackerel is put up; paint them greeu or scarlet, and put in such plants as grow well together. When watering them do not use more water than wifi be absorbed during the day. A few experiments will then enable one to judge correctly in regard to the amount, and it is surprising to see how the plants will thrive in utter defiance of all the wise things that are said about drainage. The tin or zinc cases in which thread is packed, will also, when painted and placed in a stand, make very good window gardens. Water in which the gridiron and frying-pan have been washed is an excellent fertilizer. A correspondent of the Norriston Herald wishes to know “How to keep Dutch cheese from spoiling?” Hegot the following reply: “It is the queerest notion! Why, Dutch cheese is never sold as an article of food untill it is spoiled. It may be subjected to a process by which its flavor can be increased to the distance of two or three miles, but that would only improve it. The only way to prevent it from being spoiled is to stop manufacturing it.”