lo Home Vegetable Gardening 



one is depending largely upon spare moments for 

 working in and for watching the garden — and in 

 the growing of many vegetables the latter is almost 

 as important as the former — this matter of conven- 

 ient access will be of much greater importance than 

 is likely to be at first recognized. Not until you 

 have had to make a dozen time-wasting trips for 

 forgotten seeds or tools, or gotten your feet soaking 

 wet by going out through the dew-drenched grass, 

 will you realize fully what this may mean. 



EXPOSURE 



But the thing of first importance to consider in 

 picking out the spot that is to yield you happiness 

 and delicious vegetables all summer, or even for 

 many years, is the exposure. Pick out the "earliest" 

 spot you can find — a plot sloping a little to the south 

 or east, that seems to catch sunshine early and hold 

 it late, and that seems to be out of the direct path 

 of the chilling north and northeast winds. If a build- 

 ing, or even an old fence, protects it from this direc- 

 tion, your garden will be helped along wonderfully, 

 for an early start is a great big factor toward suc- 

 cess. If it is not already protected, a board fence, 

 or a hedge of some low-growing shrubs or young 

 evergreens, will add very greatly to its usefulness. 

 The importance of having such a protection or shel- 

 ter is altogether underestimated by the amateur. 



