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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



July 4. One month later— the last of the peas. Bush beans almost ready to picK 



August 7. The height of the harvest. Vegetables in abundance. Picking corn, with another lot growing up 



planted on each side of a row of small vege- 

 tables, such as onions, which will be cleared 

 in time for the later crops to fill the space. 



The garden provided for use outside of 

 its own boundaries about three hundred car- 

 rot plants, nearly three dozen corn plants, 

 about two dozen Lima beans, and several 

 chard seedlings, all of which were success- 

 fully transplanted. It also provided parsley 

 roots to supply three families for winter. 



WHAT THE GARDEN GREW 



Potatoes. — Cost of seed, ten cents; length of 

 row, twenty feet. This crop was produced 

 from one pound of seed potatoes that made 

 enough pieces to plant a dozen hills, half on 

 March 3 ist and the rest two weeks later. We 

 preferred earliness to size, and the variety was 

 chosen accordingly, with the result that we 

 were digging potatoes on June 24th, by which 

 time they had attained the size of eggs. A 

 week later we dug some that weighed a half 

 pound. Each hill supplied a meal or more, 

 and the last was dug on August 23d, so that 

 during the two months we bought no potatoes 

 at the store. We do not use many potatoes, 

 of course, when we can get fresh summer 

 vegetables, still the record was a good one for 

 so small a garden. 



Onions. — Cost of seed, one cent; length of 

 row, ten feet. Sown on March 31st and 

 transplanted May 26th. This gave a suf- 

 ficient supply for seasoning, which was all 

 that could be expected from a ten-foot row. 

 The last of the crop was pulled the end of 

 August and kept in the cellar until used, some 

 time in October. 



Parsley. — Cost of seed, one cent; length of 

 row, ten feet. By a little management the 

 parsley season was extended throughout the 

 entire year. In March some roots were 

 transplanted from the window garden, and 

 some thriving young plants that had wintered 

 outdoors were moved into place; between 

 them seed was sown to give a succession crop 

 when the year-old plants had run their course. 

 Outdoor pickings were made from March 

 31st to November 18th, and by potting some 

 of the young plants in November we had a 

 house supply for all winter. 



Peas. — Cost of seed, twenty-two cents; 

 length of row, thirty feet for early; twenty- 

 eight feet for late. In order to get the longest 

 season of peas from the least outlay of ground, 

 we sowed the earliest kind on March 31st and 

 a late sort on April 28th. The former bore 

 from June 8th to 24th, and the latter from 

 July 3d to 28th. 



Carrots. — Cost of seed, one cent; length of 

 row, twenty feet ■■ They had a very long sea- 

 son. Seed was sown on April ist. By June 

 9th the roots were three inches or more long; 

 the last was pulled on October 30th. As with 

 the onions, these were planted, for seasoning, 

 but the thinnings gave us several dishes of 

 tender, young carrots. The usual order of 

 things was reversed. Thinning was delayed 

 until the largest were of usable size, when 

 they were pulled and successive thinnings 

 continued as the remainder grew, until the 

 plants stood six inches apart. These were 

 left to mature. In this way we managed to 



