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SATURDAY IN MY GARDEN 



Suitable situations should be chosen for each variety. For 

 example, the south and west borders may be devoted with satis- 

 factory results to the production of peas, French beans, lettuce, 

 turnips, carrots and potatoes. In the north and east borders places 

 should be found for crops which during the heat of summer thrive 

 best away from the glare of the sun and revel in a certain amount of 

 shade. Among these may be mentioned radishes, spinach, turnips 

 and lettuce. The centre beds of the kitchen garden may be devoted 

 to onions, peas, celery, parsnips and potatoes. The amount of 

 space to be allotted to each kind of vegetable will, of course, 

 depend upon individual taste and the size of the kitchen garden. 



By far the most economical method of cropping a vegetable plot 

 is by the sowing of seed, and in the case of many subjects that do 

 not bear transplanting there is no other way. So that there may 

 be as little waste of seed and of effort as possible I have drawn 

 up the following table which shows the quantity of seed necessary 

 for a given length of row or area of ground and the period at which 

 it should be sown : 



Name of Vegetable 



Beans, Broad 

 Beans, French 

 Beans, Runner 

 Beet 

 Broccoli 

 Brussels sprouts 

 Cabbage, Early 

 Cabbage, Main 

 Carrots 



Cauliflower, Early 

 Cauliflower, Main 

 Lettuce 

 Onions 

 Parsnips 

 Peas, Early 

 Peas, Late crop 

 Peas, Main crop , 

 Radish 

 Savoys 

 Turnips 



Quantity 



I pint for 30 yards of row 

 I pint for 30 yards of row 

 I pint for 30 yards of row 

 oz. for 25 yards of row 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 oz. for 30 yards of row 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 \ oz. for 8 square yards 

 oz. for 30 yards of row 

 oz. for 30 yards of row 

 i pint for 25 yards of row 

 I pint for 25 yards of row 

 i pint for 25 yards of row 

 I oz. for 8 square yards 

 i oz. for 8 square yards 

 oz. for 20 yards of row 



When to Sow 



February and March 



May and June 



May and June 



April and May 



March and April 



February to April 



August 



March and April 



April, May and June 



August and February 



March and April 



January to August 



February and March 



February and March 



Februaiy 



May 



March and April 



January to August 



April 



April to July 



