Planting a Garden

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1910

Planting a Garden

Unless you live south of Mason and Dixon's line, it is not much use to plant a garden until the first of May, and in the New England States the middle of May is even wiser, lest a late frost nip all the young seedlings. The only vegetable which is an exception to this rule is peas. They will stand the cold, and may be planted as soon as the frost is out of the ground. The first thing after deciding on the place and size of the land to be cultivated (and it goes without saying that land that lies open to the sun, away from the shade of trees and buildings, is the best) is to have the earth well stirred and turned by plowing or spading. The vegetables most suited to garden culture and to the usual taste of eaters are peas, wax and lima beans, green corn, beets, lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and cabbage. Potatoes are not feasible in a small garden, as they take up too much room.—Harper's Bazar.