TILLAGE 271 



Row 9. Parsnips 1 



Row 10. Early dwarf peas (followed by string beans planted 



July 1) L5 



Second planting, about April 20: 



Row IL 2 dozen cabbage; 1 dozen cauliflower L5 



Row 12. 30 feet lettuce; 30 feet radishes (followed by celery 



set July 1) 1.5 



Row 13. Late wrinkled peas (with support) 1.5 



Third playiting, about May 1: 



Row 14. String beans (green and wax) 2 



Row 15. Early sweet corn (followed by 2 rows turnips sown 



August 1) 2.5 



Fourth planting, about May 15: 



Row 16. Late sweet corn 2.5 



Row 17. 40 feet dwarf Lima beans; 20 feet peppers 2.5 



Row 18. 1 dozen tomatoes; 3^ dozen eggplants 3 



Margin 1.5 



Total width of garden 30.0 



The rows of vegetables, as indicated in the diagram, are about 

 as close together as the growth of the respective crops will permit. 

 It is assumed that the tomatoes are to be trained to stakes and 

 thus confined to a smaller area than if allowed to spread naturally 

 over the ground. 



It will be noted that, with the exception of the permanent row 

 of asparagus, the vegetables are arranged in the order of their 

 planting, though such an arrangement is not so essential as in a 

 farmer's garden, since hand methods are to be employed in fitting 

 the soil for planting, and a small area can be fitted in almost 

 any part of the garden w^henever needed. However, a simple, 

 orderly arrangement, like that suggested, is often a matter of 

 convenience. 



Soil Preparation. — If the garden has been plowed in the fall, 

 there need be no delay in planting after the soil has reached work- 

 able condition in the spring. The ground can be fitted for planting 

 by the use of a hoe and rake, and planting may begin as soon as 

 a strip wide enough for one or two rows has been prepared. If 

 each strip of ground is planted the same day as it is prepared, 

 quick germination will be insured, and the early contest with 

 weeds forestalled. 



Tillage. — In a small garden much of the tillage can be done 

 with a steel rake. This is an ideal tool for maintaining a dust 

 mulch, and can be operated more rapidly than a hoe. If the soil 

 is stirred with the rake as soon as sufficiently dry after a rain, it 



