Here are 4 GARDEN PLANS for You 
(From Bulletin 522, Un iversity of Illinois, Dept, of Agriculture). 
"It is impossible to work out garden plans that will fit all families. The four plans submitted here should, however, prove 
useful as guides in making individual plans." 
SMALL KITCHEN GARDEN — INTENSIVE CULTURE: 30 BY 25 FEET 
Providing the basic vegetables required by a small family 
Planting 
Row No. 
and width 
1-12" 
Early peas (Snap beans late) 
2-12" 
Second early peas (Lettuce and kohlrabi late) 
1st 
3-12" 
Spinach (Spinach late) 
4-12" 
Leaf lettuce (Spinach late) 
Turnips (Spinach late) 
Kohlrabi (Spina 
:h late) 
5-12" 
Onion sets (Radish late) 
6-12" 
Onion seed planted with radish (Turnips late) 
7-24" 
Early cabbage plants 
h- 
<D 
8-24" 
Carrots planted with radish 
LD 
r>4 
2d 
9-18" 
N. 2 Spinach 
Beets planted with radish 
10-30" 
Tomato seed 
11-24" 
Snap beans 
3d 
12-24" 
Tomato plants 
13-24" 
Snap beans 
14-18" 
Lima beans 
4th 
15-24" 
Summer squash or peppers 
Cucumbers 
or eggplant 
18" 
(Border strip) 
Crops in parentheses can be planted 
in the indicated rows after the 
early crops are harvested 
LARGE FARM GARDEN- 
-INTENSIVE CULTURE: 
120 BY 100 FEET 
3 roviding 
a reasonably complete and continuous assortment of vegetables for use fresh thruout the season, for canning and storag 
e. 
Planting 
Row No. 
r 
& width 
1-4' 
Asparagus 
Rhubarb 
Perennial Onions 
2-4' 
Onion seed planted with radish 
3-1'/*' 
Onion sets 
Spinach 
4-3' 
Early potatoes 
5-3' 
Early potatoes 
1st 
6-3' 
Early potatoes 
7-3' 
Early potatoes 
8-3' 
Leaf lettuce 
Early turnips 
Kohlrabi 
9-l'/ 2 ' 
Peas 
IO-I'/j' 
Peas 
11-2' 
Early cabbage seed 
Head lettuce plants 
12-2' 
Early cabbage plants 
N. 2 spinach 
2d 
13-2' 
Beets 
Carrots 
Parsley 
14-11/2' 
Parsnips pianted with radish 
Swiss Chard 
0 
15-3' 
Tomato seed 
s 
16-3' 
Early sweet corn 
Intermediate sweet corn 
Late sweet corn 
3d 
17-3' 
Early sweet corn 
Intermediate sweet corn 
Late sweet corn 
18-3' 
Early sweet com 
Intermediate sweet corn 
Late sweet corn 
19-3' 
Snap beans 
20-11/2' 
Snap beans 
2 I-M/ 2 ' 
Carrots 
Beets 
22-2' 
Peppers Eggplant 
Bush lima beans 
Bush or pole lima 
beans 
23-3' 
Tomato plants 
4th 
24-5' 
Muskmelon 
25-5' 
Squash Cucumbers 
26-8' 
Watermelon 
27-8' 
Winter squash 
28-8' 
Sweet potatoes 
Special 
29-4' 
Late cabbage seed 
4' 
(Border strip) 
The special planting of late cabbage is for late fall sauerkraut, or winter storage. 
