53 MV HANDKERCHIEF GARDEN. 



Another good plan would be to plant in September, 

 thin out the plants and then to cover them over with 

 old hay or straw for the winter. The only objection 

 is the difficulty of getting suitable material to cover 

 the plants, and the litter it would make in a place 

 that the house-mother would prefer to see kept ex- 

 quisitely neat. You can't run a city lot like a market 

 garden, and the best plan is to consume the fall 

 spinach and not attempt to carry it over the winter. 

 The best variety to use here is the Savoy-leaved 

 Spinach. 



In addition to these varieties of vegetables, rhubarb, 

 cucumber, tomato, celery, lettuce and spinach, some 

 space should be given to the small green crops, pars- 

 ley, cress, onion sets, etc., described in the preceding 

 chapter. These crops will pretty closely fill the three 

 borders, particularly as a liberal quantity of celery 

 and lettuce will be needed. One of the side borders 

 entirely devoted to celery will not be too much, as a 

 family of five can easily dispose of the six dozen 

 heads it will contain. The crop can be stored in the 

 cellar and kept for use through the early part of the 

 winter. With a little care the spinach crop can be 

 made to fill all gaps left by the removal of other 

 crops. Judicious crowding and double cropping are 

 essential in such a doyley garden as this. 





