Planning the Garden 



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DITCH 



Scale 



jf feet 



FIG. 55. Plan of a small home vegetable garden arranged for planting in beds. 

 The paths between the beds slope down to a ditch at one side, thus insuring 

 perfect drainage. 



very earliest varieties of such crops as peas, beans, 

 carrots, radishes, corn, and tomatoes, even though these 

 are not the best in yield or in flavor. They will furnish 

 food in advance of the main crop, at a time when any 

 " new " vegetable is especially relished and when the 

 market prices are high. 



In the northern planting zones, as a rule, long-season 

 crops (like corn and tomatoes) are not suited to successive 

 plantings. For such vegetables, the planting of several 

 varieties is the best way to provide variety and avoid 

 overplanting. In the southern sections, successive 

 plantings may be made of the long-season crops. The 



