April 3d. 

 already 



Sweet peas and a few early vegetables 

 planted. Risk a few anyhow! 



Earliest of all sweet peas in bloom May 23d t 

 Vines then fifteen inches high 



The Calendar of a Back-Yard Garden— By H. c. Schaub 



A FORTY BY FORTY-FIVE-FOOT GARDEN OF VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS WHICH PRODUCED 

 VEGETABLES WORTH TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS— A SUGGESTIVE CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 



Photographs by Brugh Werner 



ONE sunny afternoon in February the first 

 garden work was done. The whole 

 afternoon was spent with catalogues and 

 the record book of the year before. By 

 night two short seed lists were done, and a 

 list of plants started. 



In a garden as small as this it does not 

 pay to raise corn, peas (except the earliest), 

 cucumbers, squashes, potatoes and a few 

 other things that take up too much ground. 



I always plant flowers that bloom for the 

 longest period, e. g. : Zinnias (always Dwarf 

 Fireball), because they make a gorgeous 

 show of red from June till frost and stand 

 our dry summer weather. 



March 6th the first planting was done. 

 Ponderosa and Freedom tomato seeds were 

 sown in a box filled with earth saved in the 

 cellar. A week later, rhubarb, hollyhocks, 

 and tulips showed signs of life outdoors. 



March 19th I planted sweet peas. 



March 25th the tomatoes were up. 



April 3rd we started a box of zinnia seeds. 



April 5th the first outdoor planting of 

 radishes, beets, lettuce, mustard and onion 

 sets was made. Two dozen tomato plants 

 w r ere transplanted to another box, standing 

 about two inches apart each way. 



April gth we used the first rhubarb from 

 the garden. The year before the first rhu- 

 barb was pulled on March 31st. 



April 13th Nott's Excelsior garden peas 

 were planted. Early Alaska is the best in 

 this section for early planting. More onions 

 were now set out. 



I firmly resolved that next fall the whole 

 garden should be spaded over. Last fall, 

 being busy, I did not get it all dug. The 

 part not dug was now a week behind. 



The second week of April asters were 

 planted in boxes and hollyhocks were trans- 

 planted to a row along the south side of the 

 woodshed to hide the building as much as 

 possible. The hollyhocks sow themselves. 

 A few in odd corners are allowed to grow 

 the first blossomless summer. Next spring 

 I transplant them to permanent quarters. 



The third week in April things began to 

 grow encouragingly. Beans were planted — 

 the Stringless Green Pod variety. 



. May 8lh. 

 vegetables 



Nearly all the garden planted. First 

 ip. Tulips pasl. Rhubarb edible 



200. 



Hollyhocks and sweet peas at their best, 

 sweet peas in March or September 



June 5th 

 peas 



Many vegetables ready to use. Sweet 

 in bloom. Tomatoes set out 



Popcorn, young celery and assistant gardener. 

 All three were flourishing on August 7th 



197. 



July 3d. All the ground well covered except 

 foreground where tea roses yielded well 



198. August 7th. The garden at its besf. Tomatoes 

 made a solid screen eight feet high ,, 



170 



202. Celery October 1st. Half banKed, twenty inches 

 high, half boarded. Used„until after Christmas 



