48 MY GARDEN ITS LOCATION. 



erally make a good crop of vegetables. Still, 

 en my knolls it does not pay to plant such 

 kinds as require a moist, loamy soil, and I 

 have to use all the care and judgment I can 

 to overcome this tendency to excessive dry- 

 ness. If I could only irrigate my garden I 

 could make it a greater success ; but watering 

 by hand is too slow and expensive to pay 

 on a large scale. I tried it pretty thoroughly 

 last summer, but with doubtful success. 



One other fact is decidedly in my favor : 

 my garden is so near the river that the air is 

 tempered by the large body of water. In 

 spring and autumn we are exempt from frosts 

 when even a mile or two back they are quite 

 severe. I can thus get my plants started 

 earlier, and enjoy the proceeds of lima beans, 

 tomatoes, etc., later than many near neighbors. 



All things considered, it seems to me that, 

 as far as location is concerned, multitudes could 



