LITTLE GARDENS 



ery, tomatoes, corn, beets, peas, beans; for a 

 warm day, a cucumber; for a cold one, a pepper; 

 and quite likely, a few berries, with such dande- 

 lions as grew wild in the interstices of your yard 

 for greens. 



Again you say, Preposterous! No, for I 

 can lead you to a yard behind an old house in 

 the city that is occupied by a mechanic, and I 

 can show his farm in operation. He will be 

 glad to have you look at it, for it is a source of 

 pride with him. He works in a shipyard, where 

 they are raising only hob, at present, and he has 

 only his evenings and early mornings for farm- 

 ing, yet not only has he all the green stuff he 

 requires in the season, but he has some to give 

 to the neighbors, and I testify to the excellence 

 of his lettuce and his celery. His domain is some- 

 thing like fifty feet by twenty-five. But, then, he 

 cultivates it like a Chinaman, and every foot of 

 It is a possibility. 



Which brings me to say that when you own 

 a yard you need not devote It to cabbage, unless 

 you are pinched by want and addicted to corned 

 beef. On the contrary, you can make that yard 

 a spot of such charm that the neighbors' boys 



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