PAGE TWO 
THE YELLOW SHEETS 
MAY-JUNE, 1947 

well be planted in the row with car- 
rots and radishes. Radishes are out 
of the way before the carrots need 
room, and latter are being thinned 
when early tomatoes. are ready. 
Then the latter are through in time 
for Chinese cabbage or winter let- 
tuce. 
That is one reason I am so hipped 
- on Polk county for a home for old 
people with tiny fixed incomes. If 
they can garden at all, so much less 
ground is needed to raise their food, 
and so much can be raised in the 
front yard as ornamentals. 
Did you ever think of asparagus 
as part of the perennial border? My 
yard efforts were usually stymied 
by Mr. Cole’s habit of lotting the 
cow at night in my flower. garden, 
if | was away over night. But one 
summer | stayed close at home. We 
had a row of asparagus, enough for |- 
our family, running north and south. 
Back off this my boys spaded a nar- 
row bed, and a wider one in front. 
In the back, planted okra and in 
front a row of mixed annuals, and 
in front of them, a row of Bassano 
beets. As the okra came into full 
bearing, surplus plants were pulled 
out and replaced with tall African 
marigolds and Crown of Gold zin- 
nias. Had I known as much of -gar- 
dening then as | do now, would 
have added in front, a row of car- 
rots, and in front of them, a mixed 
row of chives and parsley. 
As the beets were eaten out, they 
were replaced with mixed, highly 
colored coleus. One of the prettiest 
flower beds I’ve had and quite a bit 
of food from it. 
You may not be able to get Bas- 
sano beet seed, as it is quite out of 
fashion. The sweetest red beet | 
ever ate, probably has a strain of 
sugar beet. Foliage almost as large 
and as highly colored as rhubarb 
chard, which you might substitute at. 
each end of the row, with dark red 
beets in the middle. The main 
charge against Bassano is that when 
cooked, it has pink zones. 
If you have grass eating pet ani- 
mals, such as goats and rabbits, it is 
surprising the amount of feed which 
can be raised for them in even a 
small garden. 
With us, sweet potatoes can fol-— 
low early English peas. Have written 
of our old bed spring drying table, 
which proved so efficient for Aunt 
Kate and me. When time for early 
frost is near, take a sharp hoe and 
cut the potato vines near the ground. 
Spread the flour sack cover over the 
bed springs and loosely pile the 
vines on top. The leaves fall off and 
when dry were carefully sacked, for 
later feeding. The bare vines cured 
into a mess that looked like old 
wire, but goats and rabbits gobbled — 
them and thrived on that sort of 
hay. 
Some of the sweets will be 
stringy, or damaged and unfit for 
storage. Have about the same feed- 
ing value as good silage. 
The farmer husband of one of my 
friends, used to plant an acre and 
a half of sweet potatoes not far 
from the barn lot. A few rows of 
Nancy Halls for home use and re- 
mainder, a big coarse root of which 
I do not know the name. When the 
Nancy Halls were dug, the vines 
were left on the ground; a rail fence — 
alley to the barn lot was built, and 
hogs turned in. Slept under a shed 
in the lot, fed corn night and morn- 
ing, and harvested the sweets 
through the day. At killing time 
were shot, same as other game. He 
told me the sweets were, in the long 
run, one of his most _ profitable 
crops. 

Rabbits for Sale. Healthy stock, 
raised in outdoor hutches. Bred 
does $3 to $5 each. Junior does and 
bucks $1 up. Several breeds, Write 
your wants on card or letter. Jack 
Stephens, Gundey Hollow Rabbit- 
try, R. 5, Box 253, Terre Haute, 
Ind. 
