CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Planning the Garden | [1] |
| II | Hotbeds, Cold Frames and Flats | [12] |
| III | Planting Seed in the Open Ground | [36] |
| IV | Transplanting | [48] |
| V | Garden Tools | [53] |
| VI | Holding and Increasing the Fertility of Soil | [64] |
| VII | Asparagus | [80] |
| VIII | Early Spring Vegetables | [86] |
| IX | Mid-Season Vegetables | [122] |
| X | Vegetables of the Vine Family | [171] |
| XI | Vegetables Less Commonly Grown | [186] |
| XII | Quantity of Seed Required | [200] |
| XIII | Sweet, Pot and Medicinal Herbs | [202] |
| XIV | Plant Enemies and Insecticides | [208] |
| XV | Winter Storage | [220] |
| XVI | Canning the Garden Surplus for Winter Use | [232] |
| XVII | Fall Work in the Garden | [256] |
| XVIII | The Annual Garden | [261] |
| XIX | The Hardy Garden | [273] |
| XX | The Planting of Fall Bulbs | [282] |
| XXI | Economy in the Purchase of Shrubbery | [289] |
| XXII | A Continuous Succession of Bloom in the Shrubbery | [297] |
| XXIII | Gardening for Shut-Ins | [308] |
| XXIV | The Possibilities of a City Flat | [318] |
THE BUSY WOMAN'S
GARDEN BOOK
THE BUSY WOMAN'S
GARDEN BOOK
CHAPTER I
PLANNING THE GARDEN
The favorable location of the garden is the initial step in its planning. The kitchen garden—always an important auxiliary of the kitchen—is now, in these days, something more; it is becoming more and more a part of the domestic routine; it is a woman's garden, to be planned for and cared for by the women of the family, and in that relation must be considered from all its points of view. Location, then, becomes of first importance. It must be accessible, that its care may demand as little extra work as possible, and that little be given to the actual cultivation and care and not to going back and forth. If one can run out and cultivate a row of lettuce or train up a row of peas while waiting for the irons to heat or the kettle to boil, then one will find the sum total of the garden work far less onerous than where one must calculate on going over the entire plat, or a stated portion of it, at one operation.
A location close to the house, more or less secluded, that one may work free from interruption and espionage and where the vegetables may bask in the sun from early morning till late afternoon, is desirable, and this is best achieved in a southern exposure with the garden rows running north and south.