ww1 garden plans

war garden 572

here is first of series ww1 garden plans i will
be posting feel free to comment on each one i post.
from Weekly Dispatch 1917-02-25 sorry a about blurriness
 of image but that best image i can get from the original source. 

Fairygirl

I think that's too blurry for anyone to make sense of it, so it may not be of much benefit. Perhaps it would be better to type it out on a separate document, and copy and paste.
Even with my glasses on I'm struggling to see that very well. 

Uff

It is a shame that it's blurry as it looks like an interesting read. Dad gave me an old gardening book and I like comparing then and now so yours might be the same if it were clearer war garden. 

war garden 572

i plan typing it out later.
since uk vegetable garden plans in graphic
 format are very rare i only found 3 in uk newspapers 
and over 100 in USA newspapers.  

Fire

@Wargarden I use the graphics app Pixlr quite a bit. It's free and takes a little bit of time to learn how to navigate. You can use it from a computer desktop.  It's good to clarifying images and you might want to try it with the plans and text you are finding and wanting others to enjoy.

If you would like to try - Use the E editor

https://pixlr.com/e/#editor

For clarifications, upload an image, then choose the tool bar and find <filter> then <details> then try sharpen / clarity and/or remove noise. It might really help.

There are some good thoughts here too. 

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If you are scanning documents, it's best to set it to the highest possible resolution. This can do magical things to clarify text. Even doing a powerful scan from a printed online text might give good results. Worth trying.

I'm doing a similar kind of thing with 1911 census reults for our neighbourhood.

war garden 572

i am not scanning documents the graphics i posted 
in this case they were scanned by https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
or someone related to them.
when I scan documents I scan 600-800
given i don't live in uk having access to hard copy versions to scan is impossible.

Fire

With scanning I recommend choosing the highest level of resolution possible.

BenCotto

I’m grateful for the link to the newspaper archive as I have just spent the last hour flicking through stories about my village. I might even subscribe to read the articles in full. 

Fire

The 1921 census results are now out, which is exciting for us people interested in (local) history.

Uff

That's a very interesting link, thank you. I shall be looking for The Derbyshire Times which was the weekly newspaper of my youth and onwards, I'm sure I'll find much of interest. 

war garden 572

here is section:

WHAT TO SOW IN YOUR GARDEN 

Timely Allotments plan all can follow.

 

Now that gardens and allotments should be ready for sowing.
the chef problem to be solved is how to make the best use of
available space. For that reason we give the following scheme 
for a ten-rod allotment drawn up by Mr, E Shelton for the
Richmond,Surrey, Council.
    The plan is designed, of course, for allotment-holders but it should serve as useful 
guide to all who are this year trying to growing their own supply of vegetables. The
plan and Mr. Skelton's accompanying  notes are as follows: