294 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



1. Why have a home garden ? — A great many people who like 

 to grow vegetables do not care to produce them for commercial 

 purposes. This is true of many students and members of boys' 

 and girls' clubs. Then, why not make a home garden — the 

 best in your community? It is quite unnecessary to produce 

 arguments in favor of home gardening. Who doesn't prefer 

 vegetables from his own plot and produced by his own labor, 

 to the ones that are available at the public markets ? Health, 

 pleasure, and perhaps profit are the rewards of the diligent gar- 

 dener. It is natural for all members of the family, old and young, 

 to be interested in a well-planned and well-kept vegetable garden. 

 As a real project for students, club members, and home keepers, it 

 offers many inducements. No farmer should consider his farm 

 complete without a garden ample for the year-around needs of his 

 family. Not only will his table be more attractive in summer 

 with such a garden, but there will be a surplus for canning and 

 winter storage, and the health of his family will be greatly im- 

 proved by the better-balanced diet thus made possible. 



1. Will it pay you to make a home garden instead of undertaking 



a commercial gardening project ? 



2. What are the benefits and advantages of home gardens ? 



2. Selecting location. — It often happens, especially in cities 

 and villages, that there can be no choice of location, for the 

 garden must be made on whatever ground is available. In the 

 open country, however, where it is generally possible to select areas 

 that are the best adapted to this important purpose, the following 

 factors should have consideration : 



1. The plot should be located as conveniently as possible to 

 the residence. This is especially important when the garden 

 makers must also attend to most of the household duties. 



2. Sandy loams provide the best conditions for the growing 



