BIGGLE GARDEN BOOK 



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Whatever plan you 

 decide on, endeavor, if 



possible, to have long, 



w straight rows, which 



* will permit much of 



the work to be done by 



wheel hoe or by horse 



g power. Therefore, run 



the rows the long way 



5 of the garden or field; 



o whether the rows run 



" north and south or east 



H and west is not so im- 



g portant. Plan to have 



< level rows, not ele- 

 " vated little beds di- 

 vided into squares by 

 H paths. Let the spaces 

 o between rows be the 

 g paths, generally speak- 



< ing. Some folks seem 

 > to think that a garden 

 S must be a series of 

 S beds raised higher than 

 \. the path or ground 

 a level; this, in most 



< cases, is a great mis- 



< take, for such elevated 

 places soon dry out 

 g and the plants suffer 

 for moisture. If the 



< ground is naturally so 

 5 damp that raising the 



beds is necessary to 

 "get them up out of 



