38 GARDEN PROFITS 



Spinach is another crop which matures rapidly 

 and is well suited to filling out either end of a season. 

 It can be removed in time for the setting out of 

 egg-and-pepper plants, or will easily reach the 

 cutting stage on the same ground from which early 

 potatoes, beans, etc., have been harvested. 



Onion sets prove useful in keeping the soil busy. 

 If, whenever an onion is pulled, a set is thrust into 

 the resulting space, there will be practically an 

 unbroken succession of this popular vegetable. 

 Onions from seed can be raised between the asparagus 

 plants, being sowed when the cutting season is over. 

 The cultivation, which I presume you will undoubt- 

 edly give the bed, will benefit the onions as well. 



Another gardener of small spaces used the follow- 

 ing rotation: He planted an early variety of corn 

 between alternate rows of potatoes after the last 

 cultivation. On August 6, when the potatoes 

 were dug, he sowed winter turnips in their space, 

 which, of course, did not interfere with the well- 

 developed corn. 



OVERTIME GROWTH IN THE STRAWBERRY BED 



Another plan is to utilize the strawberry bed 

 for something besides strawberries every year; 

 if you can feed all the plants well, this plan is a good 

 one. Let the berries bear for two years, that is, 

 occupy the ground for three. During the first 

 season grow cabbage and cauliflower between the 

 rows. This will insure cultivation. The second 

 season, after berry picking is over, plant some late 



