A SUGGESTIVE PLAN 63 



Do not try too much to have vegetables out of season. We 

 should be content to have fresh vegetables at the time they 

 are due in the garden. A little forcing, however, is sometimes 

 desirable. 



Make good use of hotbeds and cold frames so as to have plants 

 which require transplanting ready for the open garden when warm 

 weather comes. 



A Suggestive Plan. — In planning the garden all local condi- 

 tions should be held in mind, the likes and dislikes of the family or 



Fig. 44. — A double wheel hoe may save much hand weeding in gardens. (Indiana Station) . 



the market, the experience of the gardener," necessity for economy 

 of space, time of frosts in spring and fall, richness of soil, irrigation 

 facilities, etc. 



The accompanying plan from Cornell Extension Bulletin 14 is 

 given with dates for New York state assuming the time for the 

 last spring frost as early in May. These dates may be varied ac- 

 cording to latitude for the whole country. 



The rows should run the longest way of the garden. 



