CHAPTER IX— SEPTEMBER 



GOOD THESTGS TO EAT— FINE THINGS TO SEE 



As a garden month, September carries a note 

 /\^ of completeness. There is some relaxation 

 now from the planning and the planting, 

 and especially from the weeding and the spraying 

 of earher month*' The results of hard work 

 become a- oarent, and there are actually hours 

 when I I v^y sit at ease in the swing under the 

 maple, contemplating the growth of the garden, 

 and thinking more of next year's plans than of the 

 next hour's work. 



The month is usually well started before Eagles 

 Mere releases us, and so we find at Breeze HiU 

 actual September, rather than the August exten- 

 sion that one may expect in the earher days. Of 

 course the very first thing on returning to this 

 regretfully left growing-garden home is a trip 

 about, to see what is doing. Often this is a twihght 

 trip, and it has been taken by moonlight to no 

 disadvantage. Any light or no light, I could not 

 expect to sleep without greeting the garden ! 



This year the arranged vegetable succession has 



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