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THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 



the hoe. Make the work easy so that all will want to increase the 

 size of the garden next year instead of diminish it. A labor-saving 

 marker is shown in figure 45. If much hand weeding is required 

 because the plants are put in small beds the garden work will be- 

 come irksome and tedious. The gardener soon begins to figure how 

 much time he is wasting and how limited is his reward for the labor 

 expended. Oh the other hand, if large areas are used and good 

 yields come from the least labor the results are encouraging. 



The Door-yard Garden. — In providing for a handy garden 

 either in the country, village, or city (Figs. 46 and 47), there are 

 a number of principles which should be borne in mind. Try to 



Fia. 43.- 



-Boys of the Cleveland training garden, and the tools they learn to use. 

 from U.S.D.A.) 



(Photo 



have an early spring garden, a good midsummer garden, and a 

 good fall garden. There are crops suited to all of these seasons, 

 and they should be selected with an aim to have fresh vegetables 

 of different kinds at all these seasons. The crops suited to different 

 seasons are classified in the next chapter. 



A succession of plantings of a number of these, such as beans, 

 corn and others will provide freshness and permanence in the 

 garden. 



Do not aim to have everything grown in the garden, but try to 

 have a good assortment so that vegetables enjoyed by different 

 members of the family will be available in their seasons. 



