GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
grew $50.00 worth of vegetables,—enough to sup- 
ply his whole family! He got his planting down 
to a science, however,—what he called ‘‘intensive 
gardening,’’ so that every foot of the soil was kept 
busy the whole summer. He fertilized but once, 
too, at the beginning of the season, when he had 
a quantity of manure thoroughly worked in. Then 
between slow growing crops, planted in rows as 
closely as possible, he,planted the quick-growing 
things, which would be out of the way before their 
space was needed. 
Incidentally he worked out a chart (which he 
afterwards put on the market), ruled one way for 
the months, and the other for the number of feet, 
with name cards for the vegetables that could be 
fitted in so as to visualize—and make a record of 
the entire garden the entire season. Such a plan 
means a great saving of both time and space. 
Garden soil must be warm, light and rich. It 
must be well spaded to begin with, well fertilized, 
well raked over, and kept well cultivated. Vege- 
tables require plenty of moisture, and during dry 
weather especially must be thoroughly watered. As 
I have said before, simply wetting the surface of 
the ground is almost useless, and often, by causing 
the ground then to cake over the top as it dries, 
worse than none at all, if the soil were cultivated 
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