BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



squash your plants and pound the soil into bricks. 

 If you are going to grow flowers I think a border 

 garden along the fence line or the garden walk is 

 the finest kind to have, but if you prefer a regular 

 garden all by itself, it is just as good. If you are 

 going to make this garden into long beds, remember 



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PLAN OF A VEGETABLE GARDEN 



not to have them too wide, and the path between 

 must be wide enough to do good work, say 18 to 20 

 inches. I would not skimp on paths. I do not think 

 it pays. 



Let us plan a garden 24 feet long and 13 feet 

 wide; we can have our beds three feet wide, because 

 we can reach them from both sides. 



Laying out the garden is a very important thing. 

 If it is done well you and your family and neigh- 



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