To get the most out of your garden, make 
a complete plan on paper, and keen it as 
a record to check against in succeeding 
years, 
The right kind of garden plan gives you 
all these advantages: 
1. A succession of fresh vegetables in 
pleasing variety throughout the season; 
2. A succession of bloom in the flower 
department; 3. A great saving of time and 
energy, by knowing just what and when 
to plant, and when to expect to harvest 
each crop; 4. Seed saved, by knowing 
just how much you will need; 5, Full use 
of every foot of soil by succession and 
companion cropping; 6. A chance to rotate 
crops on a scientific basis to improve 
yield and reduce disease and plant in- 
festation. 
Secret of Maximum Production 
Planning for a steady succession of crops 
from each row is really a very simple 
matter of timing. The sample plan below 
demonstrates the principles of this impor- 
tant idea, 
Rows shown in black (first planting) are: 
(a) Early crops, which, when harvested, 
are followed by later crops. (In the 3rd 
row, for instance, cabbage is planted early 
in April and harvested in July to make 
room for late beets.) 
(b) Crops which remain in the garden (snap 
and lima beans, peppers, etc.) 
The rows shown in red are: 
(a) Succession crops that are planted in the 
same space after the early crops are har- 
vested (fall spinach after onions, winter 
squash after early beets, etc.). 
(b) Companion crops or quick-maturing 
crops interplanted with slow-maturing 
crops (onion sets or lettuce, for example, 
planted between the young tomato plants 
will be harvested before the tomato vines 
require the entire space). 
Making the Layout 
Take a piece of paper—big enough so you 
can put in all the information you need. 
(An easy-to-figure scale is 14 inch on the 
paper to 1 foot in your garden.) Begin 
by making a rough diagram. 
Now, with this rough sketch as a guide, 
and with a list of the vegetables that 
your family likes and that you have 
decided you can grow in your plot, you're 
ready to begin mapping the actual plant- 
ing. 
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PLAN FOR A GARDEN OF ANNUALS (approximately 25 feet long) 
Planning the flower garden is fun. Here 
your skill as a gardener shows its true 
artistry, Your: imagination can focus on 
flower selections for height, colors, shapes 
and contrasts. Successfully arranging 
bushy and sparse plants, shaggy blossoms 
and the delicate varieties in orderly pat- 
terns of beauty is one of the greatest thrills 
the flower gardener enjoys. The possibili- 
ties are endless. 
Galvanized wire, staked out flush to the 
ground, bent and spliced at the inter- 
sections is helpful in permanently estab- 
lishing a plan like the one shown above. 
Observe how this arrangement places the 
tall flowers in the back, and the shortest 
in the foreground. Not only does this pro- 
vide maximum display of each variety, but 
cultivation is made easier and with little 
disturbance to adjoining plants. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
A PERENNIAL GARDEN (approximately 25 feet long) 
Over each flower listed in the Flower 
Seed section are shown the height, culture 
key and whether it is perennial, annual 
or biennial. By using page 30 as a help 
you can estimate germination and bloom- 
ing periods so that a constant succession 
of blooms or simultaneous blooming can 
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row 3. 
Spinach 
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Beans—Lima or Green Soy 
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Cabbage 
2nd early Peas followed by Ruta- 
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Carrots, Radishes, 
Kohlrabi 
Radishes 
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spreading squash 
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Spinach later required by 
spreading squash 
Bush Beans followed by late Let- 
Bush Beans followed by Cauli- 
Late Peas followed by late Cab- 
Midseason Peas followed by late 
Ist early Peas followed by Brus- 
followed by 
Early Beets followed by Carrots, 
Lettuce followed by late Beets 
Kohlrabi followed by Endive 
be planned. The blueprints shown here 
are ‘‘pure’’ annual and perennial beds. 
The gardener who transplants perennials 
and biennials from cold frames or clay 
pots into annual beds or carefully sows 
annuals into his perennial beds can im- 
prove 
the over-all plan considerably. 
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PLAN NO. 3 
Green Onions followed by Sweet 
Corn 
Tomatoes interplanted with Peas 
4 Tomatoes interplanted with Peas 
Early Cabbage followed by Tur- 
nips 
Beets followed by Cabbage 
Potatoes or Onion Sets 
Carrots followed by Bush Beans 
Bush Beans followed by Cauli- 
PLAN NO. 4 
Sweet Corn 
Radishes followed by Sweet Corn 
Tomatoes interplanted with Lettuce 
Early Peas mid-season Peas 
late Peas (1/3 row each, 
planted at 2-week intervals) 
Early Cabbage followed by Tur- 
nips 
Beets followed by Cabbage 
Carrots followed by Bush Beans 
LIST YOUR NEEDS AND SHOP EARLY 
When your plan is complete, make up your list of seeds, plant food, insecti- 
cide, etc., and come in early. We'll help all we can. You know, we’re just as 
anxious as you are that your garden shall be a success, and we'll do our 
part by supplying seeds and all the other things you need to do a good job. 
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