CHAPTER II 

 THE ONE BEST PLACE 



EVERY home plot be it a country place, suburban 

 home, or a modest city lot has a place for a vegetable 

 garden. But no garden should be laid out just any- 

 where. We should strive to seek for it "the one best best place". 

 Should it be already located, however, it is usually possible thru 

 limiting its size a little, or by careful re-arrangmeent, to make 

 it fit to create in and about it a spirit of perfect harmony. 

 The home grounds must not fail to form a pleasant setting for 

 the home, and the vegetable garden beautiful is sure to be most 

 attractive if made an integral part of those grounds and we 

 cannot fail to find repayment in the charm attained if we have 

 given proper study to the subject of location. 



We are now striving, we must remember, for the perma- 

 nent beauty and we should particularly recall that fact when 

 two or more locations suggest themselves. Opportunities for 

 ample sunshine and encouraging soil are, of course, very real 

 factors which cannot well be forgotten. But the sun isn't selfish 

 with its blessings and, with the aid of modern science, even 

 barren soil can be made fertile. 



Since rows running from north to south best foster plant 

 development, and since straight rows insure less labor and better 

 success with garden tools, haphazard planting, or any informal 

 arrangement, cannot fail to be aught save undesirable in the 



