CHAPTER XLVII 

 VEGETABLE GARDENING 



511. Some vegetables and fruits should be grown 

 "just for home use" if only a back yard is available. 

 To produce an abundance of vegetables requires but a 

 small plot of ground and little labor. Not much space is 

 required for even berries and orchard fruits. They give 

 a degree of satisfaction and refinement to home life that 

 money cannot buy. Except for the occasional plowing 

 and spading, the home garden work may be cared for 

 by the women folk, who may thus bring food to the family 

 table and strength, and buoyancy of spirit to themselves. 



512. The First Essential for Gardening is a rich, 

 warm, sandy loam soil. If opportunity allows, preference 

 should be given to southern exposures. Where excellence 



Fig. 218. " When youz thump 'em and deyz goes ' kerplunk ' deyz ripe." 

 Courtesy Department of Horticulture, Purdue University. 



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