PROJECT 2 

 GROWING A VEGETABLE GARDEN FOR PROFIT 1 



Material. A suitable plot of land ; seeds ; tools ; fertilizers ; hotbed ; cold frame. 



Directions, i. Locate the site of your garden, but before determining its size or the vegetables 

 you will grow, read the required references, make such investigations as you can, and write answers to 

 the following questions. Submit your answers to your parents and teacher for criticism and approval. 



a. Is this community noted for good gardens? 



b. Enumerate in order of importance the six most valuable garden vegetables. 



c. Can you sell all your garden products in the local market ? 



d. Will you sell to stores or direct to consumers? 



e. What kind of soil is best for a vegetable garden ? 



2. Determine the size of your garden and the amount of space to be given to each kind of 

 vegetable. Determine just what vegetables you will grow, giving varieties of each. 2 



3. Make a drawing of your garden according to scale, showing the exact location and area of each 

 proposed crop. 



4. Study the life history of each vegetable you will attempt to grow. 



5. Make a list of all the tools you will need and make arrangements to get them as needed. 



6. Purchase the necessary seeds. 



7. Prepare your garden for planting and start your hotbed and cold frame. 



8. In a book provided for the purpose keep a daily account of all receipts and expenditures. 



9. On blank forms similar to those below keep a full and exact account of the entire project. 



SOIL RECORD 



1 This project may be used as an individual home project or as a cooperative project on the school farm. It should follow, or 

 be taken with Hotbeds or Cold Frames. 



* These are very important and difficult problems. Read " Vegetable Gardening and Canning," by Nolan and Greene. 



[1961 



