Home-Garden Planning 



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Fig. 64. — Ruby King pepper, 

 desirable sort 



A very 



Besides all the vegetables named above, the fall and early winter 

 supply can be increased by plan- 

 ning to run the cold-frames and hot- 

 beds with such crops as radishes, 

 lettuce, spinach, endive, parsley, and 

 so on, so far as time and labor will 

 permit. 



If a smaller number of varieties is 

 desired, these may be chosen to suit 

 the preference or the convenience of 

 the farmer. The garden may con- 

 sist merely of corn, potatoes, and 

 beans; or, with better management 

 as to planning, preparation of the 

 soil, more systematic planting, reason- 

 able after-care, and proper harvesting, 

 the kinds of vegetables may be 

 increased in number. 



The implements and materials 

 needed for this garden are : Those mentioned in plans 1 and 2 , together 



with the use of a horse and 

 an eleven-point cultivator ; 

 twenty-five, or fewer, sashes 

 for hotbeds and cold-frames, 

 costing $1.75 each; boards, 

 nails, and other material with 

 which to construct hotbeds 

 and cold-frames; manure for 

 the hotbeds, preferably that 

 produced on the farm; soil 

 for both pits and frames; 

 stakes for marking rows, 

 staking plants, and other pur- 

 poses. 



The amount of manure re- 

 quired for a garden of this 

 size is so great that it is very 

 hard to advise just how to 

 supply it. Generally speaking, 

 the farmer should apply a 

 very liberal quantity of the 

 best well-rotted stable manure, six to eight cords being none too much. 



Fig. 6= 



