200 MY GROWING GARDEN 



the old hedges, several of them on curves, has not 

 lessened the complexity of the layout. It took me 

 several hours to connect the house axis with the 

 not parallel street line by means of the new walk 

 above mentioned, because I had to construct a 

 curve of several radii — and I certainly am no 

 engineer ! 



The process was to drive in little wooden pegs 

 every three feet on what seemed to be the right 

 curve, and then to more completely visualize this by 

 drawing along the stakes a white garden line. The 

 curve was not at aU right; and then followed shift- 

 ing of the stakes many times until my eye was 

 satisfied. (My printer associates hint that it is 

 unreasonably hard to satisfy that eye, by the way !) 

 Then the iron-pipe stakes were driven along the 

 convex side of the curve, three feet apart, and a 

 foot deep, leaving three inches out of the ground 

 to serve until the grass that will be sown in early 

 spring has completely defined the walk. 



The same sort of markers have been used for 

 garden beds and borders all over the place, driving 

 them even with the ground, so that a lawn-mower 

 will not notice them, but an investigating finger 

 will, when it is desirable to make sure of lines or 

 corners or curves. 



Now that the leaves are all down, I find where 



