PLANNING THE GARDEN 37 



Copies ol" the chart may be used in the garden at planting 

 time. 



Plan of Garden, 180 Feel Long and 100 to 125 Feet Wide 



Fence lined all around with Blackberries, Raspberries, Currants and 

 Gooseberries. 



1. Strawberries — early and late varieties. 



2. Rhubarb or Asparagus. 



3. Parsnips — Salsify — Carrots — Beets. 



4. Onions for winter storage. 



5. Early Potatoes^-f ollowed by Beans, Squash and Winter Squash, 



and Okra. 



6. Early Peas, two or three plantings — ^followed by late Potatoes. 



7. Lettuce — Radish — Early Spinach— if oUowed by Sweet Potatoes. 



8. Early Cabbage — followed by Sweet Corn with Pole Beans. 



9. Early Green Onions from sets — ^followed by Bush Beams. 



10. Early Sweet Corn — followed by Turnip Greens and Rutabagas. 



11. Tomatoes — ^followed by Fall Greens. 



12. Peppers — Egg Plant — followed by Winter Onions. 



13. Bush Limas — followed by Celery Plants or Late Cabbage. ' 



Measuring and Staking. — When the chart is ready the 

 ground should be carefully measured off and staked before the 

 planting begins. 



This is good practice for the pupils. If the arithmetic 

 period is used for this measuring and staking the time will 

 be well spent. Future arithmetic problems may be based upon 

 this exercise. 



The garden will look better if the stakes used for marking 

 the rows or beds or varieties are of uniform size and color. 

 These should be made in advance by the pupils. For this 

 purpose, some of the materials used by different schools have 

 been each cut to sixteen inches or two feet in length, smoothed 

 if needed, sharpened at one end, and given one coat of white 

 paint. (1) Lattice strips, made for porch screens; (2) com- 

 mon plastering lath; (3) fence palings; (4) round tree 

 branches, one inch in diameter and flattened on one side near 

 the top; (5) special strips made for the purpose, about one 

 inch square at the top. 



Special gardener's labels are sold by seed companies to use 



