THE BUSY WOMAN'S 

 GARDEN BOOK 



CHAPTER I 



PLANNING THE GARDEN 



THE favorable location of the garden is the 

 initial step in its planning. The kitchen 

 garden — always an important auxiliary of the 

 kitchen — is now, in these days, something more; 

 it is becoming more and more a part of the do- 

 mestic routine; it is a woman's garden, to be 

 planned for and cared for by the women of the 

 family, and in that relation must be considered 

 from all its points of view. Location, then, be- 

 comes of first importance. It must be accessible, 

 that its care may demand as little extra work as 

 possible, and that little be given to the actual 

 cultivation and care and not to going back and 



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