Soil and Fertilization 103 



After the soil has been tested and enriched in 

 accordance with the vegetables to be grown, the 

 garden should be carefully laid out with a view to 

 choosing the best location for each particular plant. 

 Some vegetables do not require very strong sun- 

 light. Lettuce, for example, requires a great deal 

 of moisture, as does asparagus, hence these 

 vegetables should not be planted where the sun 

 will constantly draw on the moisture or the result 

 will be very slow growth and tough, stringy vege- 

 tables when mature. 



And then, another very important feature in 

 planting the garden is to arrange for a repetition 

 of crops. On another page in this book will be 

 found a table of "successive plantings which has 

 worked out successfully in instances personally 

 known to the author. 



Rotation of crops tends to produce a very ex- 

 cellent soil. The same kind of vegetables grown 

 year after year in the same spot will in time take 

 from the soil all the food which is needed by that 

 particular plant-life, and will leave a surplus of 

 plant-food of another kind which has not been 

 needed by the vegetation grown there. Rotation 

 also tends to destroy weeds, and insects do not 

 infest a spot where different crops are planted each 

 year. 



