personal idiosyncrasies are irresistibly 

 carried into gardening, therefore directions 

 given by others serve only as a basis or theme for 

 one's own variations. My hotbed is probably unlike 

 any other in looks, and yours even if you are good 

 enough to read about mine and try to follow my 

 example will probably be just as distinctive. 



I always love a dress more if it is the reincarna- 

 tion of some one or two defunct gowns. The rem- 

 nant counter is a response to a fundamental need in 

 human nature, feminine human nature the desire 

 to make something useful out of odds and ends. So 

 with my inherent love of remnants of course my hot- 

 bed was made of odds and ends of old planks saved 

 from the wreckage of a chicken house, and in shape 

 and size the bed had to conform to the erratic ma- 

 terial. The planks were nice thick ones, two-inch 

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