CHAPTER II 



THE SOIL AND HOW TO MAKE IT 



The soil is alive. Treat it as you would a living thing. 

 Prepare it for its life's work and get acquainted with its 

 good and bad characteristics. In other words, make a 

 friend of the soil. 



NO matter what your soil may be, clay, 

 loam, sand, or muck, you may have a 

 garden and raise certain varieties of vegetables 

 successfully. There are several points of 

 preparation that must be considered before 

 the planting operations begin, and one of the 

 most important is drainage. No soil that has 

 standing water on it can support the growth 

 of vegetables, because the air is shut out and 

 disease and decay are common where there is 

 excess moisture. If your lot is low and there 

 seems no place to run the tile, dig a hole four 

 feet in diameter and ten feet deep in the center 



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