58 MY GARDEN HOW IT GREW. 



my garden unless I had my own way, and 

 nobody else his for a garden, like an aspara- 

 gus shoot, requires but one head, and any kind 

 of a head is better than a set of scraggly 

 branches. I determined to have no professional 

 or gunpowder people in my garden another year, 

 and if there was any " blowing up " to be done, 

 to reserve that privilege to myself. 



I made many blunders, and often worked to 

 poor advantage. I planted varieties of vege- 

 tables and fruits that were decidedly inferior. In 

 not a few instances I utterly lost crops, and oth- 

 eis did not pay a tithe of the expense, but all 

 the while there was a most profitable growth 

 of experience in addition to healthful exercise 

 and much enjoyment. My family were no lon- 

 ger dependent on New York markets. 



In the spring of '68 little over half an acre 

 was added to my garden. I can only give a 

 pretty close approximation now, as the old line? 



