The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-31
Sosttle's garden spot.

NN'f' - h@ft'f WV
That's what folks are calling
the Rainier valley, out along
the Seattle, Renton & Southern
railway. whore some OF Seat
ties finest wsr-aardens are be
ING grown.
Fat black soll shows thru
rectangular patches Of green
things. growing In profuslon
on flat places and hill slopes
on both sides OF tho car track
Trim. clear,cut. clean gardens.
are these. where every foot OF the
ground is utilized on level
stretches. they look like patchwork
quilts. blue. with great heads OF
cabbage. yellowgrecn where the
lettuce In growing. deeper green In
the bean gardens. and black where
the crop has already been harvest
ed. aud the ground In waiting for "a
second planting
stand on End
On tho hillsides. there are ter
raced gardens and gardens stand
Ing on end. checkored with the
varicolored crops like tho flat
spaces. Frequently fruit trees are
thick on these slopes.
As YOU pass by on the street car.
YOUR eye IL caught by scarlet or
blue flashes where flowers are rife
among the more practical food.
plants And YOU catch glimpses OF
red acarlet,runner beans on high
poles along the fences
Some OF these gardens illustrate
what can be done on q few feet OF
good ground by proper husbandry
one OF this sort is tucked up on
n hillside above the lake at Rainier
Beach.
Waste no Space
II belongs 10 + @ Hackman. at
$3.50 Goth ave. 4 lie and Mrs
Hackman have made Il in odd mo
mentE ia tho door yard Of their
cottage that they built there les,
September
Tho garden plot behind Il Ia 90
feet long and 90 feet wide.
When we planted II. we laid II
out In neat little squares" said
Mrs. Hickman Monday. with mar
row walks between the rows 40 We
could 30 al thru H. And we plant.
ed the patches close together so
that none OF the space would be
wasted And now look al IT."
All the walks are filled up. and
you can scarcely see the black soil
anywhere The potato vines grew
30 far on, OF their proper domain
that they interfsred with two rows
OF corn ciAmbering up alongside.
and had to be trained back.
Cans Peas
Tho center OF this plot IL occu.
pied By four tcn'foot rows OF
Gratis peas They have grown
TO be more than seven feet high.
end each picking fills wash tub.
Mrs. Hickman IL canning them for
winter use
4 have only lost six quarts by
fermentation" she said. Il think Il
was because ! kept them Ia the
light You have 10 keep canned
peas In tho dark. or they'll spoil
arts ha1hUhn - worry OF PICK
Ing peas. and 10 threatening 10
have the patch cut out and sowcd
In fall turnipa soon.
Nert 10 this patch IL a row OF
csbbages Danish Ball'' IL the va
riety. and tho heads are big.
round and flat. and weigh ten
pounds each. Between the heads
of cabbage and in the row next are
tho hills OF corn. which we're near.
IS crowded out by the potatoes.
Potatoes Are Wonders
And such potatoes,
They arc Blue Victora. and are
pronounced by Mrs. Hackman TO be
fine salad potato. firm and white
when cooked They are very pro
life. she Gays. and tho vines are
three feet high turnout tho patch
Next the potatoes are fov
rows OF Earllana tomatoes. some
seed onions that have already been
stamped down" 80 they will dry
IN the ground. and n patch OF fully.
mstured carrots that are waiting IN