COST OF EQUIPMENT 



the service is wholly a freewill offering or part is 

 paid and the other given for love of the cause and 

 faith in its demonstrable value. In many places, 

 gardens must start with just such labor. Hence, 

 the main purpose of this chapter is to try to show 

 with how little a school garden can be started; 

 how like the proverbial grain of mustard seed it 

 is in its possibilities of growth and virtue. 



IIazhlwood Park School Gardln, Phtsburgh, Pa. 



In computing the cost of a given garden, make 

 a good, sound estimate, one that will cover all 

 details and leave a margin for the unexpected; 

 but if occasion requires, count in the least possible 

 material as necessary, and count out all that 

 could be arranged for, or for which substitution, 

 however inexpensive or humble, could be made. 



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