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border, and they may be given patches at the front. Such 

 a border looks well if (the district being warm enough) 

 a Tomato plant is planted every 3 or 4 yds. It can 

 be backed by Jerusalem or Globe Artichokes. 



It is well to point out that weeding and hoeing are 

 rather difficult to carry out in this Group scheme of 

 planting. It is not recommended that the border should 

 exceed 7-8 ft. in width. In order to facilitate work 

 leave a 9 in. alley across the border, at about every 

 6 ft. ; from this narrow alley you can reach over and 

 remove all the worst weeds by hand. Most vegetables 

 are greatly benefited by generous waterings in the evening 

 in the summer-time, and may be fed every week with 

 one of the liquid foods mentioned in the chapter on 

 Summer Feeding, taking care to keep it off the foliage. 



