Gardening color

Color combinations: two tone
1.Shades of blue and yellow for strong yet pleasing contrasts
2.Cheerful red and white
3.Closely related shades of blue and purple
4.Warm tones of yellow and orange
5.Blue and yellow with white
6.All pastel shades

Color tips:
1.Pale tones in the shade--bright colors in sun
2.Bright--colored borders place away from the house so they can be viewed across a lawn
3.Borders running at right angles to the house look best with pale tints in front--and bright ones behind

Gray plants:
1.tone down bright colors
2.Gray leaved lavender--santolina--(gray)--artemisia--and dusty miller--tone down colors that fight
3.Bold groupings in mass of 5 or 7

vegetable garden beds

Beds divided--4 crop rotation

A. potatoes--celery--leeks--onions--chives--shallots--these are soil cleaning and enriching vegetables
B. root crops--parsnips--carrots--beets--salsify--no fresh manure
C. leguminous family--peas--beans--enrich soil with nitrogen
D. Brassicas--Cabbage family--ground must be heavily limed

vegetable transplanting

Easy--Beet--cabbage--cauliflower--lettuce--tomato
Care needed--Carrot--celery--eggplant--onion--pepper--Salsify
Very careful--corn--cucumber--lima bean--muskmelon--peas--snap bean--turnip--watermelon

Vegetables (working with and caring for)

Hardy vegetables--beets--cabbages--lettuce--kohlrabi--broccoli--carrots--onions--parsley--parsnips--salsify--turnips--water cress--celery--leeks--Plant these hardy veggies while plum and peach trees--are in bloom-- cauliflower plants and wrinkled peas--potatoes need to wait a little longer--