A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



immediate neighborhood, as to method and 

 season ; for all such work as this must be 

 controlled by climatical conditions, which, of 

 course, vary in every state. 



THE GARDEN 



Few of the farms to be rented or bought 

 cheaply have good vegetable gardens. If 

 such is your experience, select a strip of land 

 as conveniently situated to the house as 

 suitability of ground will permit, and have 

 it ploughed at once, so that the frost and air 

 have an opportunity to disintegrate and mel- 

 low the clods of earth. 



In choosing the site, remember that a 

 slight slope to the south or southeast is de- 

 sirable. Size must depend very much on 

 whether you intend having a separate berry 

 patch or not. A hundred feet by seventy- 

 five feet will supply an average small family 

 with vegetables for the table, excepting win- 

 ter potatoes, which should come from the 



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