BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



garden will run into it, but on the other hand, a 

 very heavy rainfall is apt to wash your garden 

 away. 



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A "TERRACED" GARDEN 



If you have a chance to make your garden at the 

 foot of a hill or near a brook, or creek, you are very 

 fortunate, for these soils are rich in humus because 

 the leaves and rich soil from the hill are continually 



A "RAISED" GARDEN 



being washed down. Do not get your garden in 

 a spot too damp, for plants do not like wet feet all 

 the time, any better than we do, and they get sick 

 and die. If your garden has to be at the foot of a 

 hill and the soil is very moist, then raise your gar- 

 den six inches above the rest of the land, so that 



