The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
HOME GARDEN PLAY SAVES TINE
&. MONEY AND LABOR FOR GARDENER

Make diagram Of the available
space: nliot the ground to the yege-
tables yuu want TO groN- Prepare. to
make your garden work until frost
next fall. That is advice TO home
gardeners by horticu,turists OF the
u s. Department OF Agriculture
Do yo6r planning around the lanps
Interest in ii all membsrs Of the fans
lily. especially the children who. by
being given partnership, now, will
know their duties. Read such gar
den,ng publications as are available
Write 10 the Department OF Agricui
ture for a home gardening bulletin.
In making diagram of the garden
II IS well to USE tough paper. such
as heavy wrapping paper which VIII
stand handling out-of doors- \ fairly
large scale should be adopted 70 that
full notes can be, kept in tho spaces
representing rows, II the garden is
fairly large or abnofmally long the
diagram may be made in separate
sections for the sake of convenience.
Plan for Home Needs.
A typical plan Of this character is
shown In the Illustration. This plan.
Of course. is OF nse chiefly IA an ex.
ample. and in most cases different
arrangement will DO necessary to
meet the conditions surrounding in
dividual garden spaces. On the plan
the gardener may indicate the approx
innate date when each OF his protected
crops is. to be planted. No more
space should be allotted TO each than
Is needed to furnish "a suffirient
quantity OF the vegetable for family
consumption or for other known
necAa. 't,'
Nake the garden work all summer.
Make your plans 20 that when one
crop is ready for the table or for can
ming another vegetable can be plant
ed between tho old rows and rex
paintings can take the space vacated.
Many home gardeners seen content
to raise single crop Oh each plot of
land at their disposal. but Il is quite
poeaibic 70 grow two or three crops
OF some Vegetables IN one season
A primary consideration In arrsns-
ing the garden IL the Kind OF cui;iva-
tion to be employed Where the work
Is to be done manly by mcans OF
horsodfavn toois the arrangement
should bc ruch 90 to sfve the Iopgest
possible rows and straight outline
should be followed. Tho garden
shouid. be free from paths ncross
the ro~r and turning spaces should
b. pro,tded NJ the ends For hand
cultivation tthc method that probably
viii be used by most home garden
err) the Arrangement cap b. quite
different. as the. garden may be laid
out in sections with transverse walks
and the rows can be much closer for
most crops. ..-.,.-' i, - =
Remember Early Vegetables
u is also important TO consider the
location OF permaneni crops such US
asparagus and rhubsrb. II any of the
small fruits ssSSs' ~ raspberries. cur
-ss,s and gooseberries nfe 10 be
pianted within the farden melbourne.
they should be included With the per.
manent crops.
whcro there Is great variety in the
compositiun Of the roii In different
parts Of the garden II win be aavis-
able 70 nos,s fhfs when arranging for
the location OF tho various crops. Such
crops ~ celery. onions. and late cab
bage should be planted in land that is
NOT too low and moist II part of
the soil In high. warm and dry. that
is sbs proper location for early erops
and those that need q quick. warm
soil
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