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THE U KA L, NEW-YORKEH 
March 2, 
BACKYARD GARDEN GAME IN 1911. 
PART II. 
About March 10 the compost was 
forked over again; March 15 I planted 
four drills of celery seed in the cold 
frame between the lettuce plants, which 
were eight inches each way; also sowed 
more lettuce seed. About this time I 
sowed spinach between the hedge and 
first row of strawberries, and between 
the first and second rows of strawber¬ 
ries, late in March when tomato plants 
were about making third pair of leaves, 
I potted about 100 of them into three- 
inch pots, setting’pots in the pans before 
mentioned, and placing them at an east 
window. March 31 I spread the heap of 
ashes and the compost on the garden, 
hoping to get it plowed on the next 
day, but it rained. So much work in 
March. 
With the rain on April 1 the ground 
was not in shape to plow until the 7th. 
April 6 I spotted some tomato plants 
into the cold frame. April 7 had the 
garden plowed with a two-horse plow. 
First I had a furrow thrown from the 
strawberries and the hedge, then re¬ 
versed and turned the furrow right 
back again. This was done to break the 
edge of the ground better. Now com¬ 
pleted the job of plowing, and then 
harrowed over about three times; any 
corners or edges not properly broken up 
with the plow I spade up, and with a 
steel rake pulverize and smooth the en¬ 
tire surface of the garden, leveling it 
up as best I can. On April 10 I finished 
leveling the garden and then staked both 
the ends of the rows with stakes about 
two feet long. The measurements are 
made and the stakes driven and allowed 
to remain until all use of them for 
succession crops has been made, and 
lines can be drawn to accurately locate 
any row or drill at any time, the stakes 
always ready for use. 
April 19 Sowed Winter Queen celery 
snips in the same drill, also planted the 
four rows of beets between the rows 
for strawberry plants. 1 put the plow 
on my Planet, Jr., wheel hoe and with 
it open up furrows to put in manure, 
and after the manure is in I cover it 
with the plow. In this manner I pre¬ 
pared two rows on the 12th for the early 
tomato plants, smoothed and pulverized 
the ridge with the rake, and planted 
beet seed the same day in these rows. 
April 13 with the same tool I prepared 
the two rows and planted the Bovee 
potatoes. I cut the potatoes to pieces of 
one eye only. On the 19th I raked down 
these rows and planted radish seed in 
them. I planted the Early Record peas 
on the 13th. April 17 I planted a row 
of spinach about six inches to the south¬ 
erly side of each of the two last corn 
rows, also planted one-half row each of 
Peep O’Day and Howling Mob sweet 
corn, and after making little hills be¬ 
tween same with hand hoe, I set lettuce 
plants from cold frame in them be¬ 
tween the corn. 
April 19 sowed Winter Queen Celery 
seed in a bed beside kitchen step. April 
21 I set Heritage strawberry plants. On 
24th I sowed carrots in the row extend¬ 
ing from cabbage plants toward house; 
then made a drill one foot each side of 
same in which I planted lettuce and to¬ 
mato seed; 25th and 26th set out re¬ 
mainder of strawberry plants, three va¬ 
rieties, Stevens Late Champion, Success, 
and Auto. Set out one dozen cabbage- 
plants. I planted one row Thomas Lax- 
ton peas on the 29th. 
As I was not able to plow until the 
7th, I saw nearly a week’s time lost and 
discovered a space not utilized between 
the first row for strawberry plants and 
the hedge, and I put a quart of onion 
sets in same and the onions sold from 
them brought me in a dollar. On the 
24th I sowed pepper seeds in frame. 
During April I was using lettuce from 
cold frame nearly every day, and gave 
some heads to neighbor, $1.35 worth by 
the 30th, and a bunch of radish front- 
frame. Beginning with the 16th, by the 
end^ of month had sold 23 heads lettuce 
at five cents, $1.15, so I stood as follows 
with 1910: Sales, five cents; used $1.30, 
$1.35; 1911 sales, $1.15; used $1.43, $2.58. 
So we start May full of hope, and 
planted one-half row each of Howling 
Mob and Country Gentleman sweet corn 
on the 1st and set lettuce plants between 
and planted green and wax pod beans 
on the 3rd, when I saw the first pota¬ 
toes breaking ground, also the lettuce 
and tomato seeds were coming through. 
Planted squash and cucumber on the 
11th; on the 13th got the row ready 
with the plow and set the poles for 
Lima beans, put in the manure and cov¬ 
ered with plow. Planted Lima beans 
on 15th, and set out the rows of Earliest 
Pink tomato plants, finishing same on 
the 16th, when I planted one-half row 
of Country Gentleman sweet corn. 
During May I sold lettuce from the 
frame, six dozen tomato plants, scul¬ 
lions, radish from potato row and spin¬ 
ach. May sales were $3.38. I continued 
to use lettuce, rhubarb, radish, and 
picked pint of strawberries on the 29th, 
with more on 30th and 31st. Used $2.12 
during month. May 31st the score 
stood: 1911, used $3.55, sold $4.53, total 
$808; 1910, used $6.61, sold $4.77, total, 
$11.38, $3.30 behind, and the outlook a 
little discouraging. May had been a hot, 
dry month; about all we could do was to 
keep the garden from burning up, and 
this after a late and cold April ac¬ 
counted for the poor showing. On the 
other hand we had only picked two 
quarts of strawberries yet, and had the 
crop ahead of us, whatever it might be. 
On the 1st of June thinned out beets; 
2d, sold remaindtr of scallions; 3d, 
planted one-half row of Country Gen¬ 
tleman sweet corn. On June 6th set out 
row of Trucker’s Favorite tomatoes be¬ 
tween the potato rows and the Ponde- 
rosa plants were set just far enough 
from second row of potatoes to allow 
room to dig them, and transplanted lev 
tuce plants in between Lima beans. 
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