A Soup and Sauce Garden
containing mint, parsley, chives, onions, little red peppers.
In the ground near the hotbed, you may grow tomatoes, carrots, and—
Okra or Gumbo
Plant seeds in May. You will probably need only two plants, one foot apart. Use the pods while young. “White Velvet” is a good variety. The plants grow three feet tall. In chicken or tomato soup the beautiful green odd-shaped slices give a richness of flavor.
In using fresh thyme in soup, add it a few moments before serving instead of cooking it from the first, and notice the improvement of flavor.
In the hotbed garden you may have radishes and lettuce at the time they come with, their tempting freshness and their high prices in the Spring markets.
In the city, many flowering plants are grown in sunny windows. The following named will be found among the best for the—