4 F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 


aking Your Victory 
Garden Layout . Crop Selection . Cultivation 
How to Begin 
Plan before you plant! 
Decide whether you want to plant for your family 
alone, or produce more by pooling the time, seed and 
experience of neighbors in a community project. 
Then select, if possible, a sandy loam soil, which 
gives maximum growth of crop and is most easily 
kept in good physical condition. The plot should be 
at or near home to conserve time and keep its progress 
under observation. Have the plot away from large 
trees, and protected from heavy prevailing winds. 
An adequate supply of water should be available. 
Tools needed are spade, hoe, rake and small hand 
sprayer or duster. 
What to Plant 
To your right are three suggested plots adequate 
for a family of four. They measure roughly 50x50 feet. 
Using these as a guide, and consulting the tastes of 
your family, lay out your own charts. A small garden 
well tended with crops planted successively, will pro- 
duce many times more than a larger, carelessly kept 
one. 
Select a portion of your plot, off to one side, for 
rhubarb, asparagus, artichoke, berries and other 
crops that remain in one place for several years. 
Group together all crops requiring a long growing 
season. 
Succession cropping conserves space and labor. 
Warm weather crops such as corn, tomatoes, egg- 
plant and peppers can follow early spring plantings 
of peas, carrots, turnips, and beets. 
Companion cropping — the growing of closely 
planted, quick maturing crops between slower matur- 
ing ones spaced far apart—is good garden practice. 
The former matures before the latter have made much 
growth. This is good practice on limited plots if there 
is adequate fertility and moisture. Not until you have 
made a complete plot of your garden, showing early 
spring, late spring and summer plantings, are you 
ready to prepare the soil. 
January, February, March ... 50 Ft. Plot 
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MUSKMELON, PRT., ¥2 ROW — WATERMELON, PKT., ¥2 ROW — 
CUCUMBER, PKT., 2 ROWS 

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