THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



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Stee/-looth 

 Kake 



Spade 



LABORATORY EXERCISE 22 



Purpose. To make a plan of a vegetable garden. 

 Directions. I. On a piece of unruled paper make a plan to 

 scale of some part of your yard that could be used for a garden. 



2. Follow the suggestions given in this chapter on garden 

 making. Plan for a suc- 

 cession of crops and for 



double cropping. 



3. Select the vegetables 

 you wish to grow from the 

 table on page 198. Draw 

 lines on the paper to repre- 

 sent rows. On each line 

 write the name of the vege- 

 table to be grown, and after 

 it (i) distance between 

 rows, (2) date of planting. 

 Use all the space and make 

 the sum of the distances 

 between the rows equal 

 the width of the garden. 



Outfit. The tools abso- 

 lutely required are few in 

 number, the three most es- 

 sential being the hoe, rake, 

 and spade, or spading fork. 

 In addition, however, a 

 flat file for sharpening 

 the hoe, a trowel, and a 

 garden line will prove 

 very useful. Two strong, 

 pointed stakes should be 

 provided to use with the 

 line. If one has a large 

 garden, it will pay to 

 secure a wheel hoe. It 



FIG. 64. Wheel hoe. 



