CHAPTER XXIII 
MANAGEMENT 
XPERIENCE only can teach the beginner 
k, just how to manage his vegetables and plants 
in this new winter garden. But at the out- 
set he must remember one thing: If it is true that 
he has control of his miniature world of growing 
things it is also true that he can leave nothing, as 
he does with his outside garden, to the treatment 
of nature. The control is in his hands — the 
warmth, the moisture, the fresh air, the soil — none 
can be left to chance; he must think of them all. 
And before going into details, which might at first 
be confusing, let us take up the elements of this 
little world over which we are to reign, and try to 
elucidate first a few general rules to guide us. The 
house, after countless little delays and unforeseen 
problems conquered by personal interest and in- 
genuity, is at last ready, and the bare board benches 
look ugly enough in the bright, hot sunlight. How 
are they to be converted into a small Garden of Eden, 
when all outdoors is chained in the silent desolation 
of drifted snow? Here is a new task. No longer 
Nature’s assistant, the gardener has been given en- 
tire management of this new sort of garden. It is 
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