SIZE AND PLAN OF GARDEN 



end of all the strings to the stick and if you have it 

 or can borrow it, place a compass on the stick. Now 

 draw one string out straight north, the next south, 

 then east, then west, and the other four between the 

 points, and you have a garden true to the compass* 

 This is a very delightful garden. I had one once, 

 and enjoyed it very much, but I would not advise 

 you to use it if this is to be your first garden, or you 

 want to raise much in a small space. 



If your garden is to be a border, do not have it too 

 wide unless you can reach it from both sides; for 

 again you will break the outside plants. If it is to 

 be along the fence line, do not have it more than two 

 feet wide, and not that wide if your arms are short ; 

 in fact, I would reach across to the fence and see 

 just how wide I should make it, if I were you. Do 

 not have your garden too near trees, for the trees 

 take all the moisture out of the soil and give too 

 much shade. You may think in the early spring be- 

 fore the leaves are out that it would be all right, but 

 you would be sorry before the summer was half over. 

 A little shade, especially in the afternoon, is very 

 good for a garden, but always have the morning 

 sun if you can get it. 



Don't have your garden where the rain from any 

 roof falls into it, for the weight of water would 



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