SOWING SEEDS OUTDOORS 



garden for you will see by the plan we are going to 

 have beans, tomatoes and corn but they must be 

 planted a little later. 



The beans will be 18 inches from the beets, but 

 the tomatoes and corn need more room so we will 

 allow them two feet each. Don't you see how wise 

 it is to make a garden plan on paper? You know 

 just how much room you should give your plants 

 and you can work so much better and more quickly 

 because you have a picture of it before you. 



Pat your radish, lettuce and beet seed in well, 

 and mark the places for your beans, tomatoes and 

 corn. Beans and corn can be sown as soon as the 

 earth is a bit warm, and the tomatoes set out when 

 all danger of frost is past. 



Plant the beans two inches apart in the gutter 

 you have already made and lay them "eye" down. 

 This gutter should be at least as deep as the first 

 joint of your thumb ; if it is not, press the beans into 

 the soil so they will be covered one inch when you 

 have finished. If your corn is to be one of the 

 smaller varieties, like Golden Bantam, you can 

 plant it closer than a large variety like Evergreen. 



We plant corn in hills, in a large field or garden, 

 but in a small garden like ours we will plant it in a 

 row, sowing two grains every three inches as deep 



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