THE GARDEN PRIMER 



to seven months ahead, during which the elements 

 may have free rein. Turning up the ground in 

 autumn is indeed sometimes recommended, even in 

 old and established gardens, though this should not 

 be done when the soil is wet. 



With outdoors looked after, pay particular atten- 

 tion to all that the catalogues and garden literature have 

 to say about soil. You know what they mean when 

 they talk about sandy loam, or clay loam, or just plain 

 loam, and you know which yours is. What have they 

 to say about your particular kind? Never mind if 

 they do not agree with each other or with what may be 

 said herein; read them. You will find something to 

 think about you'll get ideas and you will begin to 

 appreciate how much there is of interest about this very 

 common, ordinary dirt under our feet that we have 

 always taken for granted. Our very lives depend upon 

 it, literally. Isn't it worth studying a little bit ? 



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