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BASIC GARDEN PLAN
The plan of the Victory Garden should be based on the nutrient
requirements of the family. The accompanying table presents a basic plan
for estimating the vegetable needs of the family. A plot 35 by 35 cannot
supply the family's needs for a year, so the vegetables recommended for
that size of garden include those which take the place of meat to some
degree and those which supply considerable minerals and vitamins.
The data given in connection with the basic garden, more extensive than
that suggested for each of the gardens for which diagrams are drawn, may
be used to ascertain preferred varieties, planting, and other data for
gardens of other sizes. As mentioned previously, the data in Table V,
page 48, on the garden of unlimited size may be used for the smaller
garden. MINIATURE GARDENS
15 x 11 and 15 x 20 FEET
The smaller the Victory Garden, the greater the care which should be
exercised in planning its contents. Space as small as 15 x 20 feet, or
even 15 x 11, can be made to yield a rich return in nutrients which are
scarce on the market and which the family must have in order to be in
the best of physical well-being.
The smaller the garden the greater should be the space allotted to the
green, leafy vegetables—high in many nutrients; the yellow
vegetables—high in pro-Vitamin A; and the high carriers of Vitamin
C—tomatoes and cabbage, chiefly.
These vegetables are highest in their yield of minerals and vitamins of
any vegetable groups, and they have been stressed in the committee's
diagrams for Miniature Gardens. MEDIUM-SIZED VICTORY GARDENS—
25 x 20, 30 x 30, and 35 x 35 FEET
Since it is evident that a family cannot supply all of its vegetable
needs for the year in a plot of 35 x 35 feet, vegetables recommended for
this plot are those which will give the highest possible yield of
protein, vitamins, and minerals. The Medium Garden diagrams provide the
maximum of those vegetables which take the place of meat in some degree
and which supply minerals and vitamins badly needed in the dietary. PLANS FOR GARDENS OF VARIOUS SIZES
It should be remembered that the plans shown above are suggestions only;
they may be varied to suit the tastes of the family members as well as
the length of the growing season, type of soil, and other local
conditions. Additional suggestions may be found in publications of the
respective State Councils of Defense in states other than Pennsylvania,
and from your county farm agent. |
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page v
page vi
page vii
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