two] selecting a home 



brush to be cut from the untrimmed trees, and you 

 must learn your first lesson in country economy — 

 that is, to save the wood and use the ashes. You 

 will perhaps retain a residence in the city while 

 you are having the more important changes worked 

 out and your first garden is planted. But as soon 

 as there is safe water and good shelter, I recom- 

 mend you to move onto your new place, and begin 

 to grow to it, or make it grow to you. Do not get 

 in a hurry at any point, but study every feature of 

 the property, and move with deliberation. 



I have laid out and planted several places for 

 myself, and for others, and I always do it first on 

 paper. We can do it over and over again in that 

 way, until we get the proper relations of things. Al- 

 most surely you will find that there are some things 

 about any old place that are valuable to retain — a 

 few choice trees can certainly be made companion- 

 able. The house, in some cases, will be a real ac- 

 quisition — quaint, human, homeful. In the gar- 

 den you will find some old plum trees, and in the 

 corner, mixed with weeds, you will find sage and 

 wormwood. Currant bushes and possibly berries 

 are half covered with grass, but can be transplanted 

 into a cleaner garden. The charm of it is that you 



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