GARDEN YARD "" 



if your patch is not level, else the rain may make 

 channels of your seed rows. If possible, choose 

 a southern exposure for your garden; because 

 this gets all the sun, it will be earlier than less 

 favored exposures. Lay out a plan of your 

 land and work with a definite purpose. The 

 "rule of thumb" is no more satisfactory in 

 gardening than in carpentering. 



If the slope of your land allows it, run your 

 rows north and south, so that each row may get 

 the sun from the east in the morning, and from 

 the west in the afternoon. Put asparagus, 

 rhubarb, sweet herbs and other permanent vege- 

 tables in a row at one side, so they may not 

 interfere with the plowing of the rest of the 

 garden. 



Plant vegetables of the same height together, 

 so far as the tillage required will allow. Put 

 the tall ones at the back, so as not to shade the 

 others. If you have a hedge, a building or a 

 strip of woods as a windbreak on the side where 

 the wind blows worst in winter, you will get 

 vegetables a fortnight earlier in the spring, and 

 probably a month later in the fall. The more 

 protected the garden, the warmer the soil, 

 and warm soil means quick and abundant re- 

 turns. That is one reason why we use so much 

 manure. It warms and quickens the soil. 



