CHAPTER II 



HOW TO HAVE A GOOD GARDEN 



HAVE a plan for your garden — drawn to scale 

 on paper — before you start, to give proper 

 order in planting and to enable you to buy the 

 right amount of seeds in advance while the selection is 

 good. 



Put in one general group small plants like beets, 

 onions, lettuce, carrots, radishes and parsnips. In an- 

 other general group put larger plants like corn, to- 

 matoes and potatoes. Spreading ground-vines, like 

 melons and cucumbers, which need wider spacing, should 

 be put in another general group. The reason for this 

 grouping is that the various plants in a group need 

 similar general treatment as well as spacing. 



In making a plan, provide space in which to enter 

 costs and yield of the various crops. This will give you 

 a complete record which will be useful another year. 

 Another helpful use of the plan is that it will guide 

 you in the rotation of next year's crops. For this pur- 

 pose save your plan for next season. 



In the location of a garden it is not always possible 

 to choose conditions as to sunlight. It is important, 

 therefore, that in the arrangement of the varieties of 

 vegetables which are to be planted, due care should be 

 given to providing the greatest exposure to the sun for 

 those crops which need it most. Those plants which 



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