GETTIN 
Plan Before You Plant 
Almost any back yard can have a vegetable 
garden if it is properly planned. Rightly han- 
dled, a plot of ground ten or fifteen feet square 
will yield a considerable quantity of fresh vege- 
tables all summer with some left over for 
canning. Always decide before you buy your 
seeds just what you will need, and when and 
where you will plant each kind of vegetable. 
Haphazard gardening is a frequent cause of 
failure when space is limited. Careful planning 
in one’s mind, or, better still, drawing a simple 
outline of your garden plot to scale as sug- 
gested on the back of this folder is a long step 
toward success. 
Pick a Good Location 
Sunshine most of the day is an absolute neces- 
sity for a good garden. Almost any of the com- 
mon vegetables can be grown successfully if 
they have sunlight from about nine in the 
morning until three in the afternoon. Some of 
the leafy vegetables like lettuce and parsley 
can get along with less. Tomatoes and peppers 
need more. 
Prepare the Soil 
The ideal soil for a garden is a fertile sandy 
loam containing plenty of organic matter. 
This is not often found in city and town back 
yards. You must take the plot as you find it 
and build it up. First, remove all stones and 
refuse. If the soil is hard clay, lighten it by 
adding organic matter in the form of peat 
moss, leaf mold, or manure. Be sure that the 
