Home-Garden Planning 



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It will be well to plan for tools and fertilizing material required for the 

 garden. Four corner stakes are needed; two other stakes, with a garden 

 line such as cod line or any stout cord 

 about 40 feet long, will aid in keeping the 

 rows straight. The cost of the various 

 articles needed is as follows: 



Line $0. 10 



Trowel 10 



Spading fork or spade 75 



Rake 65 



Onion hoe 40 



Hand weeder 10 



Fig. 49. — First-class celery 



Miscellaneous pieces of wood for mark- 

 ing rows, stakes for tomatoes, and the 

 like, will be found useful. 



A wheeled hoe, costing $4.50 with all attachments, would be of 



service but is not necessary. 

 A cord of well-rotted stable 

 manure should be provided. 



Plan 2 

 The garden considered in the 

 second plan is nearly twice as 

 large as that in the first, being 

 50 by 60 feet. A garden of 

 this size is often found in the 

 country village, where the in- 

 habitants have more land to 

 devote to the raising of vege- 

 tables. Sometimes the dweller 

 in a suburb rents a piece of 

 ground near his garden and 

 thus increases his plot to the 

 size of that treated in plan 2, 

 or even larger. On the larger 

 area a greater number of vari- 

 eties can be grown, as well as 

 more individuals of each vari- 

 ety; the three aims in making a home garden should be borne in mind, 

 however — a constant supply of vegetables, good quality, and variety, 



Fig. 50. — New York Purple eggplant 



