Holder family in Maryland lays out a quarter acre Victory Garden during World War II

A video of the Holder family in Maryland lays out a quarter acre Victory Garden during World War II. Click here to view

¼ Acre Plot
Early Garden

Four rows early potatoes, then
Two double rows peas early, medium, late
One row cabbage
Double row of carrots & beats ½ row of each
One double row greens spinach, mustard, turnips & chard
Tomatoes early & late, wilt resistant
Peppers ½ row
Radishes, lettuce, onions next to house
Asparagus, rhubarb beds at the side
Pole beans, three rows
Four rows of sweat corn along fence, and finally
Two rows of lima beans, complete the early garden

Now for the late Garden, after each of the early crops has harvested. A planting of another crop is to be made so as to have a succession. For convenience of illustration all early crops except for tomatoes and chard are removed from the model. Here are the later Crops.

Four rows US # 5 beans refuge beans
Two rows squash along the fence
Three rows of late potatoes
Late Cabbage
Carrots & beats ½ double row of each
Three row of turnips
A of row spinach
Kale & Collards ½ a row each complete the late garden

Here they have a garden plant that will serve the family plan this year. In succeeding years they will want to rotate crops within the plot.