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of
gardening, especially for the beginner. In it one can see at a glance all
the details of the particular treatment each vegetable requires-- when to
sow, how deep, how far apart the rows should be, etc. I remember how
many trips from garden to house to hunt through catalogues for just
such information I made in my first two seasons' gardening. How much
time, just at the very busiest season of the whole year, such a table
would have saved!
------------------------------------------------------ 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
45 50 -----------------------------------------------------| 0| |PA| | | |
RHUBARB-2 |RS| | SEED BED | | |LE|??| | 5| |Y | | |
|-------------------------------------------------| | ASPARAGUS-2 |
10|-------------------------------------------------| | | | POLE BEANS-2 |
15|-------------------------------------------------| | TOMATOES-1 |
|-------------------------------------------------| 20| CABBAGE EARLY-1 | |
LATE -1 | |-------------------------------------------------| 25| BROCCOLI-1
| BRUSSELS SPROUTS-1 | | PEPPERS-1 | EGG PLANT-1 |
|-------------------------------------------------| 30| CELERY-1 |
|-------------------------------------------------| | | 35| ONIONS-5-1/2 | |
LEEKS-1/2 | |-------------------------------------------------| 40| | |
CARROTS-4 | |-------------------------------------------------| 45| | |
BEETS-4 | |-------------------------------------------------| 50|
TURNIPS-1-1/2 | RUTABAGA-1/2 | | PARSNIPS-1 |
|-------------------------------------------------| 55| | | | | | 60| CORN-4 | | | | |
65| | | | |-------------------------------------------------| 70| | | | | | 75| PEAS-4 |
| | | | 80|-------------------------------------------------| | | | BUSH BEANS-3 |
85|-------------------------------------------------| | | | LETTUCE-2 | 90|
ONION SETS-1 | ENDIVE-1 |
|-------------------------------------------------| | MUSKMELONS-6 HILLS |

CUCUMBERS-7 HILLS | 95|-------------------------------------------------|
| | | | PUMPKINS-4H | WATERMELONS-5H | 100| | |
|-------------------------------------------------| | | SUMMER SQUASH,
BUSH-8H | 105| WINTER SQUASH-5H | | | | SUMMER SQUASH,
VINE-5H | | | | 110|-------------------------------------------------|
A typical Planting Plan. The scale measurements at the left and top
indicate the length and distance apart of rows. [ED. Distances are
approximate, due to typing line constraints.]
The Planting Table prepared for one's own use should show, besides
the information given, the varieties of each vegetable which experience
has proved best adapted to one's own needs. The table shown herewith
gives such a list; varieties which are for the most part standard favorites
and all of which, with me, have proven reliable, productive and of good
quality. Other good sorts will be found described in Part Two. Such a
table should be mounted on cardboard and kept where it may readily be
referred to at planting time.
The Check List is the counterpart of the planting table, so arranged that
its use will prevent anything from being overlooked or left until too late.
Prepare it ahead, some time in January, when you have time to think of
everything. Make it up from your planting table and from the previous
year's record. From this list it will be well to put down on a sheet of
paper the things to be done each month (or week) and cross them off as
they are attended to. Without some such system it is almost a certainty
that you will overlook some important things.
The Garden Record is no less important. It may be kept in the simplest
sort of way, but be sure to keep it. A large piece of paper ruled as
follows, for instance, will require only a few minutes' attention each
week and yet will prove of the greatest assistance in planning the
garden next season.
VEGETABLE GARDEN RECORD--1910
-------------|---------------|--------|--------|----------------------
VEGETABLE |VARIETY | PUT IN | READY | NOTES

-------------|---------------|--------|--------|---------------------- Beans, dwarf
|Red Valentine | May 10 | July 6 | Not best quality. Try | | | | other
earlies |Golden Wax | May 15 | July 22| Rusted. Spray next | | | | year
Bean, pole |Old Homestead | May 16 | July 26| Too many. 6 poles | | | |
next year |Early Leviathan| May 25 | Aug. 19| Good. Dry. Bean, lima
|Fordhook | May 15 | | Rotted. Try May 25 Beet |Egyptian | Apr. 10|
June 12| Roots sprangled |Eclipse | Apr. 10| June 14| Better quality
Cabbage |Wakefield | Apr. 9 | June 20| Injured by worms. | | | |Hellebore
next year Etc., etc. | | | |
-------------|---------------|--------|-------|----------------------
The above shows how such a record will be kept. Of course, only the
first column is written in ahead. I want to emphasize in passing,
however, the importance of putting down your data on the day you
plant, or harvest, or notice anything worth recording. If you let it go
until tomorrow it is very apt to be lacking next year.
Try these four short-cuts to success, even if you have had a garden
before. They will make a big difference in your garden; less work and
greater results.
CHECK LIST
Jan. 1st--Send for catalogues. Make planting plan and table. Order
seeds.
Feb. 1st--Inside: cabbage, cauliflower, first sowing. Onions for plants.
Feb. 15th--Inside: