Evening journal., 1916-04-07
HERE'S YOUR TIPS ON
planning A GARDEN
Map Ii Out on Paper First,
Say Vegetable
Experts
STUDY PREFERENCES
TO GET RESULTS

How to plan the backyard garden
so as TO get the greatest efficiency,
the most enjoyment, and the most
healthful foods. is told in an article
in the New York Evening Post. which
quotes the advice OF the vegetable
garden specialists Of the Department
OF Agriculture. which is "Plan your
garden on paper in advance"
"A little indoor gardening" says
the writer will enable you 10 have
fresh vegetables throughout the sea-
son, and will make the same ground.
with little extra labor and expense.
yield two or three crops instead OF
the single crop commonly raised in
small gardens. Moreover such plan
ming in advance will enable you to
get the ground ready in time for
planting. and to obtain your seeds
and plant them at the dates which
give each variety its best growing
conditions. For example. II you will
thus plan the plot to be devoted to
peas. by the time your first crop is
harvested, the second crop will be in
bearing, and the plants of the third
wen advanced.
All the tools that are necessary for
Indoor gardening. which can be made
an interesting recreation for the
whole household, are a large sheet OF
wrapping paper. a ruler. and a pencil
After looking over the garden and
selecting the plot OF soil best suited
Tor your purpose. measure this, and
outline IL on paper.
Next study your garden bulletins
or books on horticulture and the seed
catalogues TO determine what can be
grown in your climate under the con-
ditions of exposure. soil and drainage
in your back yard. This study may
lead you to plan ditehes TO improve
drainage. show you that your soil
needs finely siftod ashes to break up
it, sticky character or that you must
add rotted manure. dried blood. bone
meal. wood ashes. lime or other fer
tilizors TO make il suitable for veyo-
tables.
Then comes the consultation with
the family 10 determine the sorts OF
vegetables the different members like.
These they personally will be inter-
ested in raising. Confne your selec-
fions TO the standard. we'll tried sorts,
Finally-and this is most important
IS the conference between the garden
force and the housewife as to what
VeFetables really arc worth raising
in thc back yard. u will hardly nav
70 raise in small space potatoes
corn. cucumbers. sQuashes or melons
which occupy large area in proper
lion 20 yield and which can be bought
c1eaply in nearby markets.
~ general the aim OF the back
ward gardener should be To raise
those vegetables which are either ex-
pensiye or in which the flavor or
quality depends importantly on abso-
lutte freshness Peas and string or
lima beans. 20 be at their best should
he cooked almost Immediately after
they are gathered. Peas kept even
for day lose their sweetness. Con-
sequently as much space as possible
should be devoted 70 such vegetables.
Effort also should be made in a
garden to have special vegetables
such as okra, of which the family is
fond and which are difficult 10 obtain
I'm local markets or are commonly
high-priced. The housewife probably
win want a little bed OF parsley
chives. or other herbs. not becaus,
they are expensive to buy, but
because OF the convenience Of beinl
able TO pick a sprig just when it il
needed
Interesting The Children.
The profit from gardening, how
ever, comes not alone from the vege-
tables that are produced. The health,
outdoor recreation and exercise ant
the educational value OF a garden il
training children manually, and II
inculcating in them habits OF orde
and industry. must not be overlooked
Fathers and mothers will find thst th'