88 HOW TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY 



all the time be offering themselves for propagation, 

 and you will yourself originate better things. 



As far as possible, gardens should face the south- 

 east, or east, and take in as much as possible of the 

 morning sun. There is more growth under the 

 morning rays than under the noon rays, and the 

 rough winds do not sweep as freely down from the 

 northwest. The heat accumulates in the soil during 

 the day, and there is less danger of a late frost in 

 spring, or an early frost in autumn. 



Shade suits a few things and hot noons please 

 other plants, but on the whole that growth is the 

 most perfect and the most rapid which takes place 

 under the morning sun. Corn is an Inca and likes 

 sunshine from the rising to the setting, but potatoes 

 will grow in the shadows. In the fruit garden rasp- 

 berries need the full sun and all they can get of it, 

 but currants will do just as well under the overarch- 

 ing apple trees. 



The old-fashioned garden was notable mainly for 

 incessant weeding. I recommend to the country- 

 home maker to grow very little of that which re- 

 quires the owner to be much on his knees. I like 

 a little of this sort of work very little, and what 

 I get of it gives a relish to hammocks and veranda 

 chairs. I am willing to get down to weed one or two 

 rows of beets for greens and a few carrots for early 

 slicing in butter, but for the most part I prefer to 

 buy my parsnips, beets, and onions. The kitchen 

 garden which I have spoken of before, not far from 



