A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



as you would with any other salad, cover with 

 French dressing, and rejoice that you have 

 ceased to be a city dweller. 



FLOWER GARDEN 



Dig and fertilize the beds so that they are 

 in order for May planting. There are few 

 flower seeds or plants which it is safe to put 

 out before then; sweet peas being the one 

 delightful exception of my experience. A 

 long narrow mass shows their beauty to the 

 greatest advantage. We have a bed two feet 

 wide running diagonally between the front 

 and back lawn, from which blossoms are to 

 be gathered all through the summer. Select 

 the desired position, and have one foot of the 

 surface soil removed. Then scatter a heavy 

 covering of old barnyard manure, to be dug 

 in to the depth of another foot. Replace the 

 soil previously removed, mix in more manure, 

 so that when finished the bed is well enriched 

 and broken to the depth of two feet. The 

 seeds are best pushed into the soil, two inches 



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