. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS 13 A CONNECTICUT BOY HAS A GOOD GARDEN. From Otto Baur, 14 Davis St., Danbury, Connecticut. The first thing I done to have a fine garden this year was to spade the ground thoroughly in the fall of 1910. Early in spring after I received what seeds I needed for the season from you, I made a plan, showing the space allowed for each vegetable, location of the different varieties, etc. My garden is divided in two sections. The size is 20x45 feel. I had only a small space to grow \egetables for
. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS 13 A CONNECTICUT BOY HAS A GOOD GARDEN. From Otto Baur, 14 Davis St., Danbury, Connecticut. The first thing I done to have a fine garden this year was to spade the ground thoroughly in the fall of 1910. Early in spring after I received what seeds I needed for the season from you, I made a plan, showing the space allowed for each vegetable, location of the different varieties, etc. My garden is divided in two sections. The size is 20x45 feel. I had only a small space to grow \egetables for mar- ket this year. My beets paid me better than carrots and onions. To keep my garden in good condition, I had to get up at 3:30 o'clock in the morning. I work in a grocery store from 7:00 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. That left me about one hour to enjoy myself with a hoe A Good Garden in Connecticut, from Iowa seeils each day after coming home from work. I first became interested in gardening when I was fourteen years old. 1 am now seventeen. My entries this year at the Danbury Fair numbered forty-one. I received for premiums, $ Otto Baur, 14 Davis St., Danbury, IT PAYS BIG TO HAVE A GARDEN AND ORCHARD. From Mrs. Ella Lehr, Winston, Missouri. My garden is 83-99 feet. I have four cherry trees from which I canned 12 quarts and sold $ Then five grape vines east of them, I canned five quarts and used all we could. Then I have a bed all around my garden, which is used for my pole beans and butter beans to run on the fence. The rest of my garden is one large bed with rows made straight by stretching a string across. I planted five rows of onions, mostly seed, two rows of radishes, one of lettuce, parsnips and salsify. One of beets, two of peas, one of celery and cucumbers, and the rest in cabbage and tomatoes. The celery and cucumbers were killed by the drouth, but the other things did fine. I had the first radishes, onions, and lettuce the fifth of May, and the
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