A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



In April we made our garden. Seeds, 

 including a barrel of potatoes, cost $10. 

 May 17 we had radishes, lettuce, and young 

 onions. June 7 new potatoes and green 

 peas graced our table. From that time in 

 quick succession came turnips, beets, cab- 

 bage, carrots, sweet corn, melons, okra, cu- 

 cumbers, beans, tomatoes, and squash, all 

 so delicious in their crisp, cool flavor, un- 

 spoiled by packing or travelling, that we 

 became almost vegetarians; but so bounti- 

 ful was the supply that the surplus, when 

 canned and stored, was sufficient to carry 

 us through the winter. The rhubarb gave 

 us fruit pies in April, after which came 

 cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, 

 blackberries, peaches, apples, and pears all 

 we could use, and plenty to "put up." In 

 fact, with April, living expenses became 

 lighter each week, for many of our rest 

 hours were devoted to fishing on the river 

 which ran through the orchard; the spoils 

 making a pleasant change for breakfast, and 



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