HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 1913 
less conventional and was the fruit of a 
happy thought. The situation is a rather 
public one and something was wanted 
which would hide the lines of clothes en¬ 
tirely and not have the appearance of a 
clothes yard. Accordingly, a great num¬ 
ber of smooth saplings about of uniform 
size were secured and set closely side by 
side, being supported by stringers nailed 
to stout posts set into the ground. The 
saplings were cut different lengths in order 
to give a wave-like appearance to the top 
of "the fence, except on the side next the 
house. As the ground sloped sharply, 
a part of the clothes yard had to be ex¬ 
cavated in order to make it level and a 
stone retaining wall supports the banking. 
In another instance, a laundry yard near 
Philadelphia was hedged in with evergreen 
trees. Arborvitse allowed to grow tall 
will serve such a purpose well, and a tall 
hedge of California privet will screen a 
yard from view for much of the year. 
E. I. Farrington 
Southern Garden Department 
Conducted by Julia Lester Dillon 
The writer of this department will gladly 
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regard to their garden problems. Please 
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if a prompt personal reply is desired. 
Planting the Winter Garden 
HILE yet the spring plantings of 
okra, tomatoes, cucumbers and 
beans are supplying the table with veg¬ 
etable delicacies, is the time to plan for 
the winter vegetables, which can be so 
easily grown that it is wonderful that 
every garden in the South does not have 
a supply, not only of the coarser cabbages 
and turnips that are commonly grown but 
those of more delicate flavor that do not 
require unlimited space for development. 
Winter vegetables cost so much more, 
green food is so desirable a luxury, and 
the extra care is so small in comparison 
with the result that every gardener should 
try them. 
The first sowing of lettuce seed in 
boxes was made last summer on August 
fifteenth. Silver Ball and All Heart were 
the varieties from which plantings were 
made. The plants were put out in Sep¬ 
tember and were ready for the table Octo¬ 
ber first, and, from that date until May 
twentieth not a single day passed but 
what there was lettuce served on my table 
once, and many times we had it twice 
daily. Many of my friends also shared 
the pleasure of its delicate greenness. 
Twenty cents’ worth of seed was the 
supply from which the plantings were 
made, and after October the successions 
of sowing were made in an uncovered 
seedbed in a corner of the garden. A 
very low estimate of the cuttings would 
be 250 heads, during the eight months, 
which, at an average price of ten cents 
each, were worth at least $25.00. 
Green and fresh and beautiful to look 
at, delicious to taste, always delicate and 
finely flavored, for Thanksgiving, Christ¬ 
mas, New Year and Easter, there has been 
the finest of lettuce for the asking — and 
also for the cutting. 
This year I shall make an effort to gain 
another four weeks by beginning to plant 
in late July, and by using boxes for seed 
and transplanting into a shaded portion 
of the garden, have September lettuce in¬ 
stead of October, and thus have nine 
months of its salad for my table. June, 
July and August are too hot for lettuce 
to grow out-of-doors in the South. 
In addition to the lettuce, there were 
radishes planted in August and ready for 
use in October, and from that time in reg¬ 
ular succession until May. Then the 
spring plantings come on and it is possi¬ 
ble to have ten months of radishes also. 
Spinach took the place of the butter- 
beans, kale of the tomatoes, and celery 
was planted where the okra had been. 
Two hundred plants of self-blanching cel¬ 
ery were put out on September fifteenth — 
they were ordered in August. Some were 
ready for handling in October, and, by 
banking up about twenty at a time, the 
supply was always equal to the demand 
throughout the whole winter. Celery 
plants must be secured from the nurseries 
in the East for the early planting. South¬ 
ern dealers do not have it ready for deliv¬ 
ery until November first. 
Our family consists of nine at table, 
besides two servants always, and often 
two additional helpers; therefore when 
this family is supplied with celery, lettuce, 
spinach, kale, carrots and radishes during 
the winter months, it is an achievement 
in city back-yard gardening worth while 
from every standpoint, and particularly 
from that of the housekeeper’s expense 
account. 
The kale is a delicious salad green, and, 
if the roots are left, will give cuttings 
over and over again. Kale is also to be 
recommended as a delicacy in good stand¬ 
ing with the chickens. Several times last 
winter my neighbor’s hens paid my gar¬ 
den a visit and because of the flavor of 
the kale devoted themselves entirelv to 
that, much to my delight. They would 
strip it of leaves, and in a few weeks it 
would be ready for them again. I could 
write a book about the law-breaking 
chickens of my neighbors. Do all gar¬ 
deners have that trouble to contend with? 
The spinach is more delicate than the 
kale and gives excellent results from fall 
sowings. Carrots are not as well known 
nor as much used in the South as they de¬ 
serve to be. They are easily grown and 
mature quickly. If planted in succession, 
they may be made to give several months 
of service. 
On our Thanksgiving dinner-table there 
was celery, lettuce and radishes from my 
garden — as well as many other good 
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