The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03
GROW YOUR own
VEGETABLES
Timely Suggestions IN laying Out,
Planting and Caring for 0erdsn-
GARDENING ON A BUSINESS BASIS
How to Plant, Plan and Care Ter the
Homo Garden or the War Plot q
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"Food WI, Win the War-predues t.
That Is the new national slogan q
the American army Of home gardeners
The light artillery OF Herbert Hoov
ers' forces for national defense. I:
There is every indication that thu
small garden movement will be esei
more extensive and more enthusiastic
this year than it was last-and It vii
be more successful: Hundreds ant
thousands of gardeners with 4 year,
experience behind them, and theil
garden plots in much better Shape
than they were last spring, are ready
to go over the top" just the moment
that general springtime lifts the bar
rage fire which he has been conduct
ing against the winter trenches OF old
Won Hindenberg Frost. >.tn.H VIZ
This years gardeners will be gar
dening in dead earnest, they will be
gardening not as hobby, but on q bus
mess basis-they will be after RE
SUITS. "a #aE = sl#i!t =: i
The very first step to take In the tii
rectiOn Of wholly successful garden
and one of the biggest OF all steps that
can be taken, is to fnake.]a definite
plan of what is to- be done before 4
packet Of seed is put into the ground
The making of such plan. though Il
may seem to the beginner like doing q
lot of fussing over small garden, IL
the only practical common sense way
Of going about it. To buy your seed
and start in planting your garden with
out such q plan is like ordering the
materials for a house and beginning
to build without any definite idea ol
what kind of a structure one expects
to put up. Et 80 @17 Il
While there have been may garden
plans distributed through various agen.
cies, many of them could be greatly
improved upon. Almost any kind Of
plan, of course, is better than none at
oil. But the planning Of the garden Is
SO important. because it affects the en-.
tire seasons work. that 1t is well
worth while to do it just as we'll as
1t can be done.
The very first thing to keep in mind
in planning a garden, Is to avoid max.
ing too large planting at one time Of
the things which remain In good con.
ditiOn for the table only short time.
These include bush beans, summer cab.
bage, sweet corn. kohl rabbi, lettuce,
peas, radishes. spinach and early tur.
nip. All of these things should be
planted in small quantities only. Sec.
Ond and third planting may be made
to keep up the supply throughout the
season. Even beets and carrots. which
do not go by" so quickly as the things
mentioned above. should not be all
put in at the first planting. II they
are they will get Overgrown and tough
and stringy before the last Of them
are wanted for use. 4 s! -:
The second thing to keep in mind
is that in planting the garden the
crops should be grouped together. SO
far as possible. according to the time
at which they mature. It Is desirable
to do this because most vegetables
do not require the entire season in
which to grow, and to get the most
returns from the garden the space
which they have occupied must be
used again for second crop Of the
same or other vegetables. 4 %yA
Third: In the small garden the tall.
est growing things. such as tomatoes
and pole beans, are best kept TO one
end or one side Of the garden; espe.
cially If there is a fence around 1t.
This both economies space and pre-.
vents their shading the other plants.
Fourth: In arranging the different
things in the garden, those which are
planted the same distance apart or
are alike in their habits of growth
should, so far as possible, be grouped
together; this makes easier both
planting the garden and taking care
Of the growing cronS
Unless the garden space available
is very considerable 1t will not pay to
attempt to grow tho full list Of yege-
tables. There are some things, such
as peas, sweet corn, musk melon, win
ter squash. etc.. which take up SO
much space in proportion to the crops
they yield, that are best left out of
the small garden, especially If it is to
be an efficient garden. The following
vegetables may we'll be included in
gardens of the different sizes suggest.
ed. ri
These are the vegetables most Ger.
tain to be successful and Of substan-
tial value in proportion to the time
and space required to grow them.
In the Small Garden for Summer
Use: Pole beans. bects, carrots, let.
tuce, Swiss chard. tomatoes.
In a Larger Garden for Summer
Use: Bush beans, cabbage, corn, pc.
tatoes, peas, squash. -
"a In the small garden for fall and win.
ter use: Beets, cabUage, carrots, Gel.
cry. onions, turnips.
In the larger garden for fall and
winter use: CaulifOweF, Brussels