Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
PLAN GARDEN ON PAPER
This Will Enable You Raise Two Three Crops Instead
of One.

"Plan your backyard garden on
paper In advance" is the advice OF
the vegetable garden specialists OF the
department OF agriculture. A lttle
indoor gardening of this sort Will en-
able you to have fresh vegetables
throughout the season and Will make
the same ground with little extra
work and expense yield two or three
crops instead of the single crop COM
monty raised in small gardens. Where
two or three crops grow instead or
one. a comparatively small garden
will supply the average family win
fresh vegetables all season. More
over, such planning in advance VIII
enable you To get the ground ready IN
time for planting and to secure your
seeds and plant them at the dates
which give each variety It's best
growing condition. For example, if
YOU will thus plan the plot to be de-
voted to peas. by the time your first
crop is harvested the second crop Will
he in bearing and the plants OF the
third well advanced.
All the tools that are necessary for
indoor gardening, which can be made
an interesting recreation for the
whole household. are n large sheet or
wrapping paper. n ruler and pencli.
selecting the plot of soil best suited
for your purpose. measure this ana
outline II on paper on Il scale of one
fourth or one-eighth inch to the foot.
Next study your garden bulletins or
books ON horticulture and tn" seed
catalogs 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 bitches to improve
drainage. show you that your soil
needs finely siftcd ashes to break up
its sticky character. or that you must
add rotted manure, dried blood, bone
meal, wood ashes. lime. or other fer
tilZcrs to make II suitable for Vcgc-
tables.
The Family Consultation.
Then comes the consultation with
| the family to determine the sorts of
! vegetables the different members
! like, and which, therefore. they per-
/ Sonally will he interested in raising.
/ Confine your selections to the stand
ard wel-triod sorts. Finally. and this
/ is most important. is the conference
! between the garden force and the
! housewife To what vegetables really
are worth raising in the backyard. 1t
will hardly pay to raise in small
space potatoes. corn. cucumbcrs.
squashes or melons, which occupy a
| large area in proportion to yield, ana
which can be bought cheaply In
/ nearby markets.
/ In general, the aim of the back
yard gardener should be to raise
! those vegetables which are either ex-
/ pcnsiVe or in which the flavor or
| quality depends Importantly ON abso-
! lutte freshness. Peas and string or
lima beans. to be at their best
should he cooked almost Immediately
after they are gathered. Peas kept
even for "A day lose their delicate
bloom and sweetness. Consequently
as much space as possible should be
devoted to such vegetables and
other vegetables in which freshness
does not count so Importantly should
| largely be used as filters to keep the
ground at work Effort also should
be made in the garden to have special
vegetables such as okra. of which the
family is fond and which are diff
cult to obtain in local markets or are
commonly high-priced. The house
wife probably will want a little bed
of parsle.'. chives, or other herbs, not
because they are expensive to buy
but because of the convenience of be-
ing able to pick a sprig just when II
is needed.
The profit from gardening, how.
ever, comes not alone from the vese'
tables that are produced The healthy
outdoor recreation and exercise and
the educational value of a garden IN
training children manually and in in
culcating in them habits of order and
industry must not be overlooked
Fathers and mothers will find tha
the preliminary planning of garder
will do much to arouse the interes
of the young people and encourage
them to do their share in cultivatint
and wedding it. This will be particu
larly true If the owner hires "A laborel
to do the first heavy spading and LETT
-, the family begin its gardening, no
with heavy. disheartening drudgery
; but on patch ready for the lighte
work OF making the seed bed.
Having decided what is to be plant
ed the indoor gardener draws line
or symbols on his outlined plan t,
indicate the different crops. insert
ing the date when each is to be plant
ed Where second or third crop 4
to follow the same row or occupy tn
same ground, this may be written II
red or blue. which indicates that 1t i
to be planted when an earlier crop 1
over. In laying out the plan tn
owner should consider the amount o
each vegetable necessary for a serv
ing for his family. He also shoul'
; bear in mind the habits Of the plant
so as to allow space enough between
the rows for their proper growth. TO
!, , the interplanting Of later crops. ant
, for easy cultivation. The cultivation
of course. is easiest when tho row
,, are one and a half to two feet apart
. . as this permits the use Of wheel cul