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vised to use a little commercial fertilizer to start 

 things, in addition to the stable manure which would 

 carry them through the season. 



"It had been predicted that the two kinds of 

 corn would mix, as both were planted in such a 

 small area, but by delaying planting one variety 

 for three weeks I had no such trouble. After the 

 earliest peas were gone, lettuce was planted in that 

 row, while more peas (a wrinkled variety) went 

 into the original lettuce row. When the carrots 

 were ready to be thinned out the surplus plants 

 were transplanted into the other half of their row, 

 which had previously been filled with beet greens. 

 The string and butter beans were successful, but 

 the pole beans did not mature so well, although their 

 flavor is good. I learned, however, that more 

 fertilizer is required for that kind than for other 

 varieties. 



"Tiring of radishes in July, endive was planted, 

 which was taken into the cellar in the late fall and 

 lasted some time for use in salads. There were 

 really more cucumbers than I could use, but some 

 were disposed of by pickling. The turnips were a 

 failure, as the damp soil was too heavily fertilized. 

 The parsnips were left in the ground till winter. 



"At first the different bugs and worms seemed 

 a great problem, so far did their numbers exceed 

 those of the insect pests common to flower beds; 

 but I found that by fighting them systematically 

 I could check their depredations. Later on, the 

 toads proved to be such willing partners that I 

 introduced a plentiful supply into my garden. 



