WEEDS AND COMPOST 



for they are out of place because they are over- 

 crowding. The fact that we eat them does not 

 make any difference because we eat dandelions and 

 dock and lots of weeds. So be brave about thinning 

 and give the plants which are to stay plenty of room. 

 Now about those weeds we dumped in a heap. 

 Choose some out-of-the-way spot and add any other 

 weeds, grass cuttings, and leaves that you can get 

 hold of. Pour a can full of water over this once in 

 a while and turn the pile over with your garden 

 fork. The water and turning help it to decay, which 

 is turning it into humus for your garden next year. 

 This pile of weeds is just as good as money, for it 

 will save buying or hauling humus next year. If 

 you keep chickens or pigeons, the cleanings from 

 the hen house or pigeon loft can be added to your 

 pile, which will help enrich it. You see we are going 

 to put into Mother Earth the things we took from 

 her then she will not grow poorer but richer every 

 year. This is wise and economical gardening ; every 

 such gardener will make our glorious United States 

 one of the finest, richest countries of the world. 



