Planning the Garden 



salsify, parsnips, beets, early beans, and all 

 the kinds of vegetables used as "greens," are 

 of more or less compact habit, and can be 

 grown in rows a foot wide and have all the 

 room they need in which to fully develop. The 

 space between rows need not be more than a 

 foot wide, if the garden is a small one, though 

 a foot and a half would be more convenient. 



It is an excellent plan for the amateur to 

 make a diagram of his proposed garden before 

 beginning work on it. Put it down on paper. 

 Decide, first of all, what vegetables are to be 

 grown, then decide where you will grow them. 

 Locate them on your diagram the same as 

 you propose to have them in your garden, 

 taking pains, as suggested, to group each class 

 of plants by themselves, as far as possible, 

 the term " class," in this connection, having 

 reference solely to habit of growth rather than 

 family relationship. 



If the rows of the garden must run east and 

 west, put tall-growing vegetables, like corn, 

 on the north rows. Next to them beans of 

 the pole or climbing varieties, then peas. This 

 is advised, because those of tallest growth will 

 get the benefit of the sun without shading 



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