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of veg^tsbles and sold about half of 

 them. One girl sold enough vegetables 

 in one year to supply the family and 

 buy a bicycle. 



Tbe picture shows a method used by 

 truck gardeners. It insures plenty of 

 water to the plants at little expense for 

 labor. 



If the garden is started before the 

 rains, raise, a small levee, or embank- 

 ment, around the whole plat and flood 

 with three or four inches of water. The 

 ground should be plowed or spaded, 

 raked or harrowed, and made with a 

 slight slope. The trench (a) should be 

 made by banking up loose dirt. Each 

 plat, 4x5 feet, should be banked in the 

 same way. Sow seeds broadcast or in 

 rows. Thin out and cultivate as needed. 

 From a hose, a hydrant or a stream run 

 the water into the trench (a). Remove 

 a portion of the bank at (b) and dam 

 the trench with the soil. Flood (X) 

 with two or three inches of water. 

 Treat (y) and the other plats in the 

 same way. After a few hours cultivate 

 each plat. In the hot weather such 

 flooding may be done once a week or 

 less often. 



Fig. (3) also shows another method 

 of irrigating a large garden. Vege- 

 tables groAvn close to the trenches re- 

 ceive water in large quantities from 

 below. Therefore the roots grow deep 

 in the ground. 



Room is left between the rows for 

 thorough cultivation. 



Tf you make a plan of the back yard 

 for both vegetables and flowers, here 

 are a few points in flower growing to 

 think about: 



(1) Flowers should not be scattered 

 about — red here, yellow there. It is 

 better to have a gay show of reds, 

 yellows, blues, etc., as one colo- scheme 

 throughout the garden. 



(2) Tall flowers should not be grown 

 next to short flowers. 



(3) If there is a fence around your 

 yard, grow sweet peas and let them 

 climb ovei it. Flowers are used gen- 

 erally for decorations. They show off 

 best when seen against a background. 

 Such a background may be a building, 

 a rock, a fence, trees, shrubbery, an 

 ash barrel, etc. 



(4) Do not grow flowers in an open 

 lawn. The lawn should be a solid un- 

 broken green with possibly a tree or 

 two. 



(5) Flowers may be used to edge a 

 path, to screen a rubbish pile. 



»G) If there is a tall fence around 

 your back yard try this plan: Grow 

 double sunflowers close to the fence. 

 Follow with coreopsis and edge with 

 dwarf yellow nasturtiums. 



With your garden planned, get a 

 string, stakes, a mallet, a yardstick or 

 tapeline and stake the garden out. 

 Paint the stakes one color and make 

 them all the same size, about 14 inches 

 long by 1% by 1%. Stretch the string 

 from post to post to guide you in keep- 

 ing the stakes in line. Make the stakes 

 in the manual training department. 

 Prepare three stakes for each pupil 

 who has a school garden, 



TooIh — Little need be said about 

 tools. A spade, a hoe and a rake are 

 needed. 



The membership of our large garden- 

 ing class is growing rapidly. Many 

 seeds and pins have been sent out dur- 

 ing the last week, yet we have a great 

 many left. You should enroll at once 

 before the seeds and pins are gone. 

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The Franklin School club, Oakland, 

 is very much alive. 



