Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — Layout for Vegetable Garden; Provides for Family of Five. [ARTICLE]

Layout for Vegetable Garden; Provides for Family of Five.

Here is an estimate for the layout of a vegetable garden to feed a family of five, requiring a piece of ground between one-third and one-half an acre: Tomatoes, 24 plants; peppers and eggplants, 12 each; summer squashes, 5 hills; winter squashes, cucumbers, muskmelons, 6 hills each; watermelons, 3 hills; pole llmas, 12 bills. Other vegetables in lineal feet: Radishes, 10; lettuce, 20; peas, 100; string beans, 100; dwarf liriias, 50; sweet corn, 400; chard and kale, for family use, 50 each; early potatoes, 100; lata potatoes, 600; cabbage, 150; cauliflower, 50; onions, beets and carrots, 200 each; celery, 10Q; parsnips, 125; rutabagas, 75; salsify, 100. For chicken feed: Sunflower, 100; chard and kale, 150 each; mangel-wur-xel, 200; field corn in rest of available apace.—Country Gentleman.