The Home Garden 



deners will employ, as it is the simplest and 

 easiest method and one that does not require 

 skilled labor. 



The writer has seen some very good gardens 

 on flat, low lands where nothing could have 

 been grown if a system of ditches had not been 

 constructed to take the water out of the soil 

 several inches below its surface. A broad, 

 deep ditch was run entirely around the garden. 

 Cross-ditches connected with this. These were 

 shallow at the centre, deepening gradually as 

 they neared the main ditch. In this way a 

 fall was secured that would cause the water to 

 run off rapidly from the centre of the garden. 

 After a heavy rain the main ditch would be 

 half full of water for several hours perhaps, 

 but almost always the level of the water was 

 below the roots of the plants in the garden, 

 consequently they were not affected by it. 

 This may have been growing vegetables under 

 difficulties, but it proved the truth of the old 

 saying that where there 's a will there 's a way, 

 and no doubt the products of such gardens 

 were appreciated much more than they would 

 have been if they had been grown under 

 more favorable conditions. I think we always 



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