114 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [15:3— March, 1919 



Our War Garden 



My story that I will tell you about our "War Garden" is quite different from 

 others because having no back yard it was made on our front lawn. 



I do not mean that we dug it up and planted things in rows so it would spoil 

 the looks of our lawn, but by arranging the vegetables among flowers, and 

 beside the shrubs, the yard was admired by many. 



We left the lower part of the yard with grass, and back towards the house, 

 near the center we had a triangular bed : at each point we had shrubs and in 

 between those on outside rows we had tomatoes and peppers, in the middle of 

 this little plot we had several plantings of spring radishes. 



The tomatoes really looked nice w^ith their yellow blooms and red fruit and 

 the peppers looked like little trees. Among the roses next to the hedge were 

 onions, and behind a big shrub was lettuce. We also had parsley which under 

 a hot bed will be nice next spring. 



Across the cellar windows was a bed of bulbs between which we planted 

 more onions. Then we planted five lima beans and trained them over our 

 front window and their white blooms and green pods looked very pretty, and 

 between these we had carrots and had one for soup whenever we needed it. 



And in a round bed bordered by flowers we planted two cucumbers and made 

 a frame and the vines run up it and the "cukes" hung down and we had plenty 

 all summer and pickled a jar full. 

 6A Grade, Buchanan School. James N. Waj^lace. 



Our War Garden 

 I did not have a war garden all my own last summer but I helped to hoe and 

 weed the family garden and I will tell you about it. 



We had plenty of room so last spring we decided we would have a garden. 

 First we put manure all over the space we had laid out and then potash. 

 When we had it plowed all this was tiurned under making the ground nice and 

 rich. Then our garden was harrowed to break up the large clods and the 

 furrows laid. It was now ready for planting and we set to work. 



First we put lima beans a'round the fence and next two rows of early, sweet 

 corn. Then Irish potatoes, green beans and wax beans, and English peas. 

 Turnips, cabbage, celery and onions came next. The tomatoes, which of 

 course, you know that no garden is complete without, we planted in a small 

 bed until the plants were about six inches high. Then they were transplanted 

 into rows. The radishes, lettuce and parsley were also planted in beds as they 

 do better that way. Our carrots we planted along each side of the walk 

 because their feathery tops make such a pretty border. 



Our things came up well and grew nicely but, ye gods, how many evenings 

 we had to fight. First of all the weeds came up by the thousand and tried 

 their best to choke out the nice vegetables, the cutworms cut down the young 

 tomato plants and English peas, and the moles ate the little potatoes. 



We had to hoe and weed until our backs were almost broken. We did not 

 have to water it because there was plenty of rain. But we got a bounteous 

 reward for our labor. The healthful out-of-door work was good for us all and 

 we had plenty of nice fresh vegetables all through the summer. 



We hope to have a garden next year for we found it very profitable and 

 enjoyable. 

 Sixth Grade, Brent School. Ruth Cali^ahan. 



