Garden Calendar 
Quantity Seed 
Required for 
Quantity Seed 
Required for 
General Time 
of Sowing 
Crop 
Depth 
to Plant 
Asparagus Plants 
100-ft. Row 
1 Acre 
Puget Sound 
Matures 
in inches 
100 
7260 
Oct. to April 
Following Spring 
3 to 5 
Beans, Dwarf, Drill 
2 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
April to July 
45 to 65 days 
1 
Beans, Pole, 100 hills 
1 lb. 
30 lbs. 
April to July 
75 days 
li 
Beets Table 
6 to 7 lbs. 
March to October 
65 days 
} 
Beets, Mangels 
4 oz. 
5 Its. 
April to July 
75 days 
3 
Cabbage, 1 or., 2000 Plants 
50 
10000 
March to August 
100 days 
3 
Cauliflower, 1 oz., 2500 Plants 
50 
7000 
March to August 
100 days 
3 
Celery, 1 oz., 4000 Plants 
100 
March to July 
120 days 
2 
Carrots 
1 oz. 
2$ lbs. 
March to July 
60 days 
3 
Corn, Sweet 
1 lb. 
15 lbs. 
April to June 
100 days 
13 
Cucumbers 
3 lbs. 
April to June 
120 days 
Endive 
4 lbs. 
July to October 
100 days 
i 
Horse Radish Roots 
100 
Spring 
Fall 
4 
Kale 
2 lbs. 
Feb. to August 
45 days 
3 
Kale, Stock . . . . 
1 oz. 
2 lbs. 
Feb. to Sept. 
45 days 
3 
Kohl Rabi 
1 oz. 
4 lbs. 
Feb. to May 
4 Months 
i 
Leek 
1 oz. 
4 lbs. 
Feb. to June 
3 Months 
i 
Lettuce, Leaf 
1 oz. 
4 lbs. 
All Year 
60 days 
i 
Lettuce, Head 
1 oz. 
4 lbs. 
All Year 
60 days 
i 
Melons, Musk 
1 oz. 
3 lbs. 
May 
120 days 
j 
Melons, Water 
3 lbs. 
May 
120 days 
i 
Mushroom Spawn . 
Onion Seed. 
1 brick, 10 sq. ft. 
All Year 
100 days 
i 
Onion Sets 
4 lbs. 
All Year 
45 days 
1 oz. 
Parsley 
1 oz. 
3 lbs. 
April to July 
60 days 
3 
Parsnips 
1 oz. 
3 lbs. 
April to June 
100 days 
i 
Peas, Garden 
3 lbs. 
100 to 150 lbs. 
August to June 
60 days 
1 
Potatoes 
400 to 600 lbs. 
Feb. to June 
120 days 
3 to 6 
Pumpkin 
4 lbs. 
April to July 
125 days 
1 
Radish 
10 lbs. 
August to June 
30 to 60 days 
3 
Rutabaga 
2 lbs. 
March to October 
60 days 
3 
Spinach 
8 lbs. 
March to October 
40 days 
3 
Squash 
1 OZ. 
3 lbs. 
April to July 
125 days 
1 
Turnip 
1 oz. 
2 lbs. 
March to October 
60 days 
3 
Tomato Plants 
40 
April 
120 days 
2 
FIELD 
Lbs. per Acre 
Lbs. per Bu 
Alfalfa 
10 to 20 
60 
Alsyke Clover 
6 to 10 
Barley 
100 
48 
Beets, Mangels 
6 
Buckwheat 
40 to 60 
48 
Clover, Red 
8 to 15 
60 
Clover, Alsyke 
. . 6 to 10 
00 
Clover, Crimson 
10 to 15 
60 
Clover, Sweet 
20 to 30 
60 
Clover, White; Pasture 
8 to 10 
60 
Clover, White; Lawn 
80 to 100 
Corn, Field 
12 to 20 
56 
Corn, Ensilage and Fodder. . . 
50 to 75 
GRASSES 
Timothy 
10 to 20 
45 
Orchard 
40 to 60 
14 
Red Top, Hulled 
10 to 15 
42 
Red Top, Unhulled 
30 to 40 
14 
Rye Grass 
30 to 50 
20 
Pasture 
30 
Hay Mixture 
30 
Kentucky Blue Pasture 
20 to 30 
14 
Kentucky Blue, Lawn 
150 
Sudan Grass 
20 
SEEDS 
Lbs. per Acre 
Lbs. per Bu 
Kale Stock 
2 
Millet 
50 
Oats, Grain 
75 to 100 
32 
Oats, Hay 
... 125 
Oats with Vetch 
Vetch, 60 lbs. 
Peas, Field; Grain 
90 to 125 
60 
Peas with Oats, Hay 
. Peas, 60 lbs. 
Oats, 40 lbs. 
Rape 
5 
60 
Rye, Grain 
. . . 120 
56 
Rye and Vetch, Cover Crop. 
. .. Rye, 40 lbs. 
Vetch, 60 lbs. 
Turnips and Rutagabas 
2 
Vetch, Seed 
. .. 100 
70 
Vetch and Wheat 
. . . Vetch, 60 lbs. 
Wheat, 40 lbs. 
Vetch and Rye 
. . Vetch, 60 lbs. 
Rye, 40 lbs. 
Vetch and Oats 
. . Vetch, 60 lbs. 
Oats, 40 lbs. 
Wheat, Grain 
. . 120 
60 
Wheat, Hay 
. . 150 
Wheat and Vetch 
. . Wheat, 40 lbs. 
Vetch, 60 lbs. 
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