ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



four to six feet wide for flowers along the 

 four front sides of each plot, leaving the 

 middle of each plot for the vegetables. 



If your ground be so limited that provi- 

 sion can be made only for vegetables, the 

 same general plan may be followed, omit- 

 ting the borders for flowers and narrowing 

 the paths in proportion. These, however, 

 should not be less than three or four feet 

 wide, that a wheel-barrow may pass com- 

 fortably in all directions. 



The vegetable garden should be on well- 

 drained land made as nearly level as pos- 

 sible. Where the ground slopes, fertilizer 

 and top soil will be washed by heavy rains 

 to the foot of the slope, and in dry weather 

 the earth is more likely to become hard and 

 caked. Fine seeds, too, when sown on an 

 incline, may be washed away if heavy rains 

 come before they germinate. Ground not 

 naturally level can be terraced. 



Light rich loam, which is the ideal garden 

 soil, is not possessed by all, so the next best 



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