He had theories as to hilling potatoes, or rather as to not hillingthem until the ground could be drawn round the haulm wet.
For hilling potatoes he reckoned, a beck is much better than a hoe: "leaves such a nice crumb on the ground.
In hilling trees, pains should be taken not to leave deep holes, from which the earth was dug, close to the tree, for water collects in them.
This hilling holds the plant in position, carries off the water, prevents too deep freezing, and holds the earth from heaving.
The hilling up of the graft may be left for a few hours, except in very hot, dry weather.
In this secondhilling up, the union should be just barely covered so that the soil round the union will be dry and unfavorable to a second growth of roots.
A slight hilling when the tassels appear will be advisable.
In wet soils or seasons hilling may be advisable, but very seldom otherwise.
Clean cultivation and slight hilling of plants set out are also essential.
The only archeological evidence of hoes is a fragmentary broad hoe (probably a hilling hoe) (USNM 59.
The people now before me, were all diligently and laboriously weeding and hilling the cotton with hoes, and when I approached them, they scarcely took time to speak to me, but continued their labor as if I had not been present.
The first was a middle aged woman, who had, as her overseer said, left several hills of cotton in the course of the day, without cleaning and hilling them in a proper manner.
The work of handling or hilling must be done only when the celery is dry and unfrozen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hilling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
