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also five additional hills of melons, and one row of 

 bush peas to be my second crop. Turnips and 

 winter beets shared one row, carrots and beet greens 

 another. Next came a variety of late peas which 

 I had been advised to plant early and train on 

 strings. Just here, at the eastern edge of the gar- 

 den, where the soil was exceptionally deep and 

 loamy, space was devoted to a row of spinach and 

 onions. After a few seeds of parsley and cress were 

 sprinkled along the path its borders were to be 

 filled up with zinnias, marigolds and candytuft. 



"The plan did not reach this finished state until 

 I had spent many hours thinking it over and re- 

 adjusting it. Once completed, however, the seeds 

 were ordered immediately, that I might have no 

 opportunity for changing my mind. 



"In April, as soon as the frost was out of the 

 ground, the land was plowed. As the earth was new, 

 there was much work then to be done in the way 

 of pulling up sods, throwing out stones, and spad- 

 ing, where specially well-worked soil was needed. 

 At first I undertook to do all this myself, but was 

 finally obliged to hire a man for the heavier part of 

 the labor. By working with him the work was 

 finished in less than a day. Lastly the garden was 

 raked three times. 



"No change in the plan was found necessary 

 when planting the seeds, but, figuratively speaking, 

 it was necessary to have the catalogue tied to my 

 apron-strings, for constant reference as regards 

 time of planting, distances, and depth. As the 

 soil had not been worked for some years I was ad- 



