CHAPTER II 

 SIZE AND PLAN OF GARDEN 



FIRST of all make up your mind that you are 

 not going to have your garden too large. That is 

 a mistake many gardeners make; they are so full 

 of joy when spring comes and they have looked 

 over catalogues so much they think they can plant 

 the whole world. But we must never forget that a 

 garden must be cared for all summer long; it is not 

 just a, matter of digging it up in the spring and 

 sowing the seeds; it is constant care that makes a 

 good garden. So once again, I say, choose a small 

 garden unless you are an "old" gardener and know 

 just what you are about. 



Let's talk about the donts first. Don't have a 

 round garden unless it is very small, because if you 

 do you will have a very hard time keeping the 

 weeds out of the center of it, and when you are 

 reaching into the center, you are pretty sure to 

 break the plants around the edge. There is one 

 kind of a round garden you can have and that is a 

 "radial" garden, made this way: Each ray can 



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