The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-10
WHEN TO PLANT THE HOME GARDEN

No doubt there are many who will grow vegetables for the first time this
 season. These beginners will have
 many things to consider, and one of the most important of all is When shall I plant this or that
 Doing things when they should be done is one of the main essentials in successful gardening. Waiting a few days or a week after a thing should be done causes more work with poor CT returns than Is the case if it is done on time. If it is a choice between going fishing or wedding the garden, better weed the garden if it needs it. A little hoeing and stirring of the soil as soon as the plants show or soon af- ter transplanting, will start them off quickly, will help to keep down the weeds and save much labor. Many people forget that it is the stirring of the soil admitting air and cutting off the weeds that helps to bring about successful growth. The addition of fertility does. not insure a crop. The soil should also be stirred immediate 1 ly after rain, because it helps to conserve the moisture which will be needed later in the season.
 If we could all be acquainted with the native home of the plants we are striving to produce the question of
 when to plant would be an easy one. Some plants come from the tropical regions, others from the warm temper ate zone and still others from the cool temperate zone. Since this is true, it is reasonable that some will need to be planted in the spring while the ground is still cool, and others should ! wait until the hot days come.
 The plants in our garden which will do we'll at low temperatures are on- ions, peas, parsnips, radish, cabbage, lettuce, beets and carrots, and in about the order mentioned. If onions are sown as soon as the soil is we'll set tied in the spring and can be worked without becoming lumpy of sticky they
 will start before the weeds and be
 ready for cultivating early thus saving | much hand wedding. Peas may also be sown early, the smooth varieties l first, the wrinkled a few days later
 Then in close succession the other plants given in this first list. Some of these plants may be transplanted | and so may be started by the kitchen fire in cigar box and then trans planted to the field! as soon as the
 
 l lettuce are often started in this man. ner.
 The plants which come to us from 1 the warmer portions of the earth and therefore must have warm weather for best growth, are beans, tomatoes corn, cucumbers. musk melons, | s"uash. peppers and egg plant. Some i of these, such as tomatoes, peppers and egg plant, require such long season that to get the best results l they must be started in a warm place 1 in the house, then, transferred to the garden when the soil and air are we'll warmed. None of the plants in this l list will stand frost, and are often in- | jured by cold winds. It is therefore l necessary to go rather slow in setting | them out in the garden
 Corn may be planted directly in the l field for 1t can be planted more deep ly than the other varieties in our gar den. The snap beans would follow
 corn and then the squash and musk
 melons with lima beans last of all Probably more failures with lima
 beans last of all. Probably more fail
 ures with lima beans may be traced to too early planting than to any oth-