| Show LLAN PLAN THE GARDEN NOW some time and thought should be given to planning the garden before time to begin preparing the soil for the seed many farm gardens may be greatly improved by a little plan ning by the farm household at this time success of the garbien mean means satisfactory yields and full development of crops with economy of tinne timie space labor and money send for eed seed catalogs and make u up p a seed lift list try a few novelties but make the main part of the order of standard varieties A complete plan of the garden should be finished so monue weeks before garden operations are begun it is well to draw a plan of the garden on which is shown the location of each kind of vegetable fruit or flower A little time spen spent t in planning a garden will save a great deal of subsequent labor C G carpenter of the missouri college of agriculture suggests that the rows of vegetables run north and south so that one side will receive sunlight in the rooming and the other in the afternoon this is the best beat arrangement wherever it is possible the slope of the garden if it is on a hillside may prevent running the rows north and south it is also advisable to space the rows il so 0 that horse drawn implement implements can b be e used sometimes it pays to arrange even such I 1 small mall plants as lettuce and radishes so 81 that they may be cultivated with labor saving implements in general planting should be begun on one a side ide of the garden and continued to the other this will enable the gardener to keep the weeds down on the unplanted area with minimum labor vegetables planted at the same time and requiring ng similar cultivation should be grouped in adjacent rows however the time of planting is more important than the kind of cultivation required rhubarb horse radish asparagus winter onions and andr other plants which occupy the ground longcr longer long cr bunij should be set apart pi 1 and similar crops should tw nj near the perennials radis and beet beets and second these crops may may follow in 0 ordal planting plan proceeds aaros ahe he ij born dom tuesday night to ur mn mrs joseph tibbetts Tib Letts a boy |
