34 GARDEN PROFITS 



THE TWO GREATEST GARDEN PROBLEMS — THEIR 

 SOLUTIONS 



Probably the two most important problems to 

 solve in the backyard garden are, first, the utiliza- 

 tion of space to the best advantage, and second, 

 the reduction of expenses. I doubt if there is any 

 one best solution of the first problem, any more than 

 there is any one "best" garden plan. Every dis- 

 tinct set of conditions calls for a different treatment, 

 and every touch of personal experience and inge- 

 nuity increases the efficiency of any previous plan for 

 saving space. Similarly, you will doubtless think 

 of many ways in which to obviate certain expenses. 

 For instance, if you find it difficult to procure good 

 bean poles, spend a few cents for sunflower seed, 

 start them early in the season, and transplant when 

 a foot or more high, to the bean hills — or rather 

 where the bean hills are to be — sowing the beans 

 around the sunflower. This, in one case at least, 

 solved the problem admirably, with apparently no 

 effect on the quality or yield of the beans. All 

 that was necessary was to strip off the lower leaves 

 of the sunflower stalk, that light and air might 

 reach the bean vines. 



DOUBLE THE USEFULNESS OF THE CLOTHES POLE 

 AND BEAUTIFY IT 



Another scheme combining economy, and attrac- 

 tiveness, is the training of bean, cucumber or tomato 

 vines over the clothes poles. The former plants 

 almost invariably become sufficiently luxuriant to 



