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your squashes and pumpkins planted among the corn hills, so there will 

 be no necessity of having- two separate pieces of ground for corn and 

 squashes. 



Vegetables, such as late cabbage, turnips, beets, carrots and parsnips, 

 can be had as fresh through the winter season as in the summer months 

 by having them pitted in the ground. Or, better still, to avoid digging 

 in the frozen ground, these vegetables may be kept fresh by packing 

 them in boxes of sand and storing away in the cellar. Greens, such as 

 parsley, leeks, etc., can be taken from your garden in late autumn and 

 planted in boxes filled with the garden soil, and, if placed by a window 

 in the cellar, will yield a sufficient amount for daily use, as fresh as if 

 just gathered from the garden in summer time. 



I should advise planting herbs in the home garden. One or two 

 bushes of thyme, sage and sweet marjoram will always be found useful 

 for flavoring purposes. 



Some may object to having small fruits as part of the home garden, 

 but I should have them ; if not among the vegetables, a small portion to 

 one side of the garden may be reserved for several plants each as rasp- 

 berries, blackberries and strawberries. They will not need a great deal 

 of labor, and the fruit they yield surely ought to repay, at dessert time, 

 any farmer for his small amount of labor and attention given them. 



If your garden happens to be surrounded by a fence, put up to keep 

 out the chickens from destroying your vegetables, and if the fence is 

 not as ornamental as useful, it can be made beautiful by simply planting 

 vines to cover the rude places. Ornamental gourds will be found curious 

 and interesting in their growth, and when planted so as to overrun the 

 fence they hardly need any further attention. A hop vine here and there 

 will do no harm. Morning glories and ivies will also add to the beauty of 

 your garden, and will afford a much prettier background than an old 

 prominent board or picket fence. 



There is not much more to say about a home garden, besides having 

 it well filled with all kinds of wholesome vegetables and keeping it well 

 weeded and cultivated. We all have seen enough specimens of the 

 slovenly type, where vegetables and weeds formed a confused jumble, not 

 to want such a garden ourselves. 



The point is, if you want a vegetable garden, as every one having 

 the opportunity should want, why not have a good and a well-kept one ; 

 because in vegetables we find nourishment, and a good garden saves 

 money, because it gives us those things which are necessary to our well 

 being at first cost. 



Music— Duet, Mrs. Bailey, Mr. M. L. Joachimi. 



