FEBRUARY: FIRST WEEK 



Fii the Crops to the Garden 



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Your list of vegetables and spaces should now be sep- 

 arated into two parts — one of original crops, the other of 

 those things that may be planted where something else has 

 been grown before. Find the total space required for your 

 first planting, and if this exceeds the size of your plot cut 



down the items. If you find you cannot spare nine feet for 

 your first planting of beans without sacrificing something 

 that you would rather have, put in fewer rows. 



So far the process has been merely mechanical, but next 

 comes the test of your skill as a gardener. Your problem is 

 to fit your crops into your garden, observing as far as possi- 



