The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



planting schedule economical of space and labor. 

 This order of planting shxDuld also be made to 

 include height as well as distance apart of the 

 rows of vegetables. Low growing things should 

 always occupy the front rows of space and not 

 be overshaded by tall growths. For this reason 

 the planting of sweet corn in the garden plot is 

 not desirable; it is best to give this a space by 

 itself — preferably on the north side of the garden. 

 Vine vegetables, too, have little place in the gar- 

 den proper — a place for them on the south side 

 of the garden should be reserved if possible, 

 for with the best of management they will break 

 bounds and encroach on other plants. I recall 

 a planting of English marrows which were 

 placed in the garden next to a row of red pep- 

 pers. They were bought for bush marrows but 

 proved to be the vine variety and in a month's 

 time had practically taken possession of that end 

 of the garden ; peppers and tomatoes were smoth- 

 ered under a luxuriant growth of squash vines 

 whose luxuriance was only equalled by the aston- 

 ishing amount of fruit they bore. In desperate 



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