CHAPTER XXV; 



INTENSIVE GARDENING 



INTENSIVE gardening means two distinct 

 systems of cropping, companion and succes- 

 sion. Both are practiced to a greater or less 

 degree in any well managed garden but might 

 be improved upon if during the winter months 

 plans were drawn up on paper and the crops 

 arranged for planting before it is time to put 

 these plans into execution. 



Companion Cropping. When two or more 

 crops are grown together, this system is known 

 as companion cropping. The vegetables are 

 started at the same time. For example, early 

 lettuce and radish are planted early in the 

 spring, the radish maturing in thirty-five to 

 forty days is removed, the lettuce then occu- 

 pies the room and matures later. 



The advantages of companion cropping are: 

 (1) economy in fertilizers, the plant food 



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