PLANNING THE GABDEN 



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and in the afternoon the other side, of the plants. The 

 distances of the rows from each other are determined by 



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Fig. 95. — The stiff plan of a vegetable garden, with plants in rows ac- 

 cording to height. 



the height of the plants or the space they occupy, so that 

 they shall neither shade nor interfere with each other. 



In planning such a gar- 

 den, taste is not so im- 

 portant as knowledge. 

 For the flowers of vege- 

 tables are short-lived or 

 not noticeable, so that a 

 good healthy green is the 

 best color that we can 

 work for. Therefore 

 what we need to know 

 about vegetables is their 

 size and their season. 

 Then we can plan prop- 

 erly. 



Short-season vegetables 

 are those which are picked 

 so early that others can be 

 planted in the same ground 

 and picked before winter. 

 They are chiefly radishes, cress, lettuce, spinach, beets, peas, 

 onions (grown from sets), dwarf string beans, kohl-rabi, tur- 



Fig. 96. — Kohl-rabi is a useful vege- 

 table which can be quickly grown in a 

 small space. 



