The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-28
Planning il preparing.

RAINING IL preparing.
Plan your home garden in advance.
Make a diagram Of the available
space; allot the ground to the vege-
tables YOU want to grow. Prepare to
make your garden work until frost
next fall. That is adsice to home
gardeners by horticulturists Of the u.
5. Department of Agriculture.
Do your planning around the winter
lamp. Interest in II all members OF
the family. especially the children who,
by being given a partnership now, will
know their duties when the time
comes. Read such gardening publica-
tons as are available. Write to the
Department OF Agriculture for home
;. gardening bulletin.
In making a diagram of the garden it
is well to use tough paper. such as
heavy wrapping paper, which will
stand repeated handling out of doors.
A fairly large scale should be adopted
so that full notes can be kept in the
spaces representing rows. If the
garden is fairly large or abnormally
long the diagram may be made in sep
arate sections for the sake Of conven-
fence.
Plan for Home Needs.
A typical plan OF this character is
shown in the illustration. This plan,
OF course. is of use chiefly as an
example, and in most cases a different
arrangement will be necessary to meet
the conditions surrounding individual
garden spaces. On the plan the gard
ner may indicate the approximate date
when each Of his projected crops is to
be planted. No more space should be
allotted to each than is needed to fur
nish a sufficient quantity. of the vege-
table for family consumption or for
other known needs.
Make the garden work all summer.
Make your plans so that when one crop
is ready for the table or for canning
another vegetable can be planted be-
tween the old rows and new paintings
can take the space vacated Many
home gardeners seem content to raise
a single crop on each plot OF land at
their disposal. but it is quite possible
TO grow two or three crops Of some
vegetables in one season.
A primary consideration in arrang-
ing the garden is the kind Of cultiva-
ton to be employed. Where the work
is to be done mainly by means of
horse.drawn tools the arrangement
should be such as to give the longest
possible rows and a straight outline
should be followed. The garden
should be free from paths across the
rows and turning spaces should be
provided at the ends. For hand Guilt
walton Cthe method that probably will
be used by most home gardeners the
arrangement can be quite different, as
the garden may be laid out in sections
with transverse walks and the rows
can be much closer for most crops.
Remember Early Vegetables.
II is also important to consider the
location OF permanent crops such as
asparagus and rhubarb. If any of the
small fruits such as raspberries, cur
rants and gooseberries are to be plant
ed within the garden Enclosure they
should be included with the perma-
nent crops. The location and area
for the hotbed. cold-frame or seed bed
should be decided upon, although these
may be shifted to some convenient
place outside the garden.
Where there is great variety in the
composition of the soil in different
parts OF the garden it will be advisable
TO note this when arranging for the
location OF the various crops. Such
crops as celery, onions and late cab
bage should be planted in land that is
not too low and moist. II part OF the
soil is high, warm and dry, that is the