Planning the Garden 



tables and vegetables only, and see that all 

 the strength of the soil goes into their produc- 

 tion, and not into the growth of weeds and 

 grass which are such aggressive things that 

 they will appropriate the lion's share of nutri- 

 ment, if allowed to do so. 



If any portion of the garden is favored by 

 greater exposure to the sun than other parts 

 of it are, reserve this for such crops as radish, 

 spinach, and early onions, whose growth must 

 be as rapid as possible to be most satisfactory. 

 A slow development of any of these vegetables 

 means toughness and lack of flavor. You must 

 force them ahead as rapidly as possible in 

 order to secure best results, and in doing this 

 richness of soil and warmth have to be com- 

 bined. Of course the earliest crops of such 

 vegetables as the radish and lettuce will be 

 started, if not matured, in the hot-bed, but 

 there should always be a succession of sowings, 

 in order to secure a supply during the greater 

 part of summer, and these later sowings will 

 generally be made in the open ground, hence 

 the necessity of giving them the best places 

 in the garden. If the soil in which these vege- 

 tables are to be planted is not naturally light 



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