Make your garden 

 work full time. 

 Succession seeding 

 is the answer to 

 high food prices. 



Old Gardener Says .... 



Most folks who talk about fertilizers over- 

 look the two most important of all: air and 

 water. Only about 1% of plant growth 

 comes from the fertilizer elements like 

 nitrogen, potash and phosphorus. 99 per 

 cent comes from air and water. That's why 

 it's important to see that your soil is loose, 

 friable and well-drained, so that air can 

 move thru it freely. Just as important: be 

 sure your plants never lack for water be- 

 cause poor water supply can cut growth 

 even more than lack of plant food. 



At the same time, it doesn't pay to neg- 

 lect feeding plants because the usual fer- 

 tilizer elements don't seem to be important 

 when considered by bulk. Lack of any one 

 element can cut growth substantially^ 

 That's why it's wise to be sure your gar- 

 den gets a regular feeding with a well- 

 balanced fertilizer every year. Ordinarily, 

 it does not pay the home gardener to try 

 to feed only the elements that might be 

 lacking in his soil: a good application of a 

 plant food that contains all elements is best. 



Plan your garden 

 for maximum yield 



The best gardens don't just happen. A 

 well-made plan is necessary if each 

 square foot is to produce its maximum 

 yield. And no one plan can be set up 

 as best for all conditions . . . each gar- 

 den must be laid out individually. The 

 kind of vegetables to be grown and 

 the system of cropping must be govern- 

 ed not only by the area and kind of 

 soil, but by personal taste and the 

 quantities to be produced. 



For gardens of limited space, the 

 smaller, quickly maturing vegetables 

 such as beans, lettuce and tomatoes, 

 which must be used fresh, are recom- 

 mended. They must be cultivated by 

 hand and may be planted close to- 

 gether. 



In larger gardens a greater variety 

 is possible. In such a garden, plans 

 will probably include vegetables for 

 canning or storing. 



Put Plan On Paper 



The garden plan should be drawn to 

 scale on paper and should include 

 planting distances, varieties, the length 



of row necessary to supply the family 

 needs and the amount of seed required. 

 Preserve these records in order to im- 

 prove your plans from year to year. 



The following suggestions will help 

 you to a more successful garden this 

 year: 



• Run the rows north and south. Plants 

 will shade one another less and re- 

 ceive more sunlight. 



• Crops that remain in the garden 

 throughout the entire growing season 

 should be located where they will not 

 be disturbed. 



• Early crops should be planted to- 

 gether. When they are harvested, the 

 space can be used again for fall crops. 



• Tall-growing and vine crops should 

 be planted on one side of the garden 

 where they will not shade or overrun 

 the smaller crops. 



• Successive cropping should be prac- 

 ticed in every garden. This may be 

 carried out in two ways. One crop may 

 follow another in the same season . . . 

 late cabbage or sweet corn may be 

 planted in the space from which early 

 peas, beans, lettuce or radishes have 

 been harvested. Or successive plant- 

 ings of the same crop may be made at 

 intervals of seven to ten days. This 



will provide a continuous supply of 

 such crops as sweet corn string beans, 

 spinach and radishes. 



• Companion cropping is also impor- 

 tant. This is the growing of two or 

 more crops on the same area at the 

 same time. Quick maturing crops like 

 spinach, beans, kale, lettuce and 

 radishes may be planted between the 

 rows or in the rows of eggplant, toma- 

 toes, melons, okra or other crops that 

 occupy the ground during the entire 

 season. The early crops will have time 

 to mature and be harvested before the 

 later ones will require the entire space 

 for full development. 



The facts you need 



Following each vegetable listing in 

 this book you will find the term of 

 maturity to help you time your plant- 

 ings. 



In another section of this book you will 

 find the "Planting Guide For Vegetable 

 Gardens" giving you information re- 

 garding spacing between rows and 

 plants, amount of seed required, etc. 

 With this information you are ready to 

 plant a garden that will make full use 

 of every square foot of space. 



COMMON LAWN WEEDS 



So that you may more easily know them by name, here are the 

 pests that cause most of your lawn troubles. For easy ways to 

 combat them, refer to the Weed Killer section on a later page. 



LAWN PENNYWQR 



Jffl 



YCUOW FOXTAIL 



COMMON 

 CHICK WEED 



NARROW LEAVED PLANTAIN 



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