The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-08
THE GARDEN PROPER.
Plenty of Fruit and Vegetables for a
Family of Six.
Yours respectfully,
Stoddard B. Bates,
Commissioner

Family of Six.
1t was suggested in a former article
| how the home garden should be enclosed
both for the sake of privacy, and pro-
lection against the cold and drying winds
OF the early spring. This hedge may
take the form of a wire fence covered
with vines; or shrubs, or evergreens may
be set out On the north and northwest
sides hedge of Norway spruce or hem.
lock 1.-THE tsuga canadensis and crolini-
ans) both are ideal for the purpose,
as they afford protection when most
needed Next divide the enclosed space
into four plots by walk running north
and south and one east and west, and
where these cross each other make a
circle 20 feet in diameter and set a
summer house in the center. The walks
should be 10 feet wide to permit the
passage of wagon. The material for
making these walks will depend, how
ever, on the size of the pocketbook, but
from an artistic, as well as 4 practical
standpoint brick walk is very orna-
mental adding color and at the same
time, the bricks being porous, assure a
dry surface, even after a rain.
Provide for Plenty of Fruit
Around the edge of the garden set
fruit trees, preferably dwarfs. and re.
serve the northwest plot for grapes,
blackberries, raspberries. currants, goose
berries. rhubarb. asparagus and straw
berries. One row running east and west
of each of the first three will be ample;
while half line OF currants and the
same of gooseberries, with five rows Of
asparagus and six rows of strawberries
will serve the purpose. Next TO the
walks allow a border OF 10 feet in each
for flowers (annuals). The other three
plots should be planted to vegetables,
the rows running north and south, il
pos sible: the list may include: pole and
bush limas, parsnips, satisfy, peppers,
leeks, early and late potatoes, eggplant,
cucnmbers. corn. early and late cabbage,
canlihower, early and late turnips. spin
ach. beets, bush beans, carrots, k0hlrabi,
peas, onions. celery and muskmelons.
To the uninitiated this may seem A
surprising number Of vegetables to raise
in 80 small a space. each bed exclusive
OF space taken up by fruit trees and
flower beds being but 15xs5 feet But
o. show how this may b. done success
fully. let us take the plot south Of the
one planted 20 fruit, etc. II must, Of
course. be- doyctailed IN with the scheme
for the other plots In 10 there viii 60
pole limas. two rows three and one half
feet apart parsuips. one row; salsiyi
one row. eggplant. a bali row pep
pers. q half row; leelzs. one rows each
Of these rows two feet apaft, late po-
tatoes. six rows. three feet apart cu-
cumbors. one row six feet apart corn.
we rows boz succession four feet apaHs
With pumpkins and winter squash b.
tween the rows; early cabbage. one row
cleared n time for one ROW 81 corn
early caulif0wor. one row, cleared ~
time for corn; spacing for eauliaQwer
and cabbage tlroe feet eaTiF tuTIus.
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