HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



LOCATION OF GARDEN 



SEEMINGLY "impossible" places often make good 

 gardens. In Switzerland, where tillable soil is very 

 valuable, one may observe gardens nestling on mountain 

 sides, made by carrying fertile soil from the valley and 

 depositing it in rock depressions within easy distance of 

 the alpine huts. 



The vegetable garden should be in close proximity 

 to the home. It may be one's backyard or the lot ad- 

 joining, but it should be handy so spare time can be de- 

 voted to its cultivation. Any garden is better than no 

 garden and any piece of ground will make a garden of 

 some kind. 



Where a choice may be had, select a level piece of 

 ground, free from stones, and one that has been cultivated 

 before. Newly broken sod makes good gardens if properly 

 fertilized. Most any soil grows some crops, and the following 

 pages tell what will grow best on soils of different character. 



