158 GARDEN STEPS 



rections and keeps the vines apart, exposing each 

 leaf to the sun and air, at the same time shading 

 the roots a little as the vines grow. The leaves 

 need sun. The roots need protection from its hot- 

 test rays. 



Take strong bushes, preferably wild cherry or 

 gray birch, seven or eight feet high. Trim the 

 bottoms for at least a foot. Then make holes with 

 a bar along the lee side of the row about two inches 

 from the seed, and thrust the brush down a foot or 

 more firmly into the holes till the first branches 

 touch the ground. If the earth is gathered about 

 these bushes firmly, they will stand the weight of 

 the vines when they are grown, even in a high 

 wind. 



The bushes are placed on the lee side, that is, the 

 side towards which the prevailing wind blows. 

 When the trellis is placed thus, the wind will blow 

 the vines toward the brush instead of away from it, 

 as they grow. If there is little summer wind in 

 your locality, or no prevaiHng wind, then put the 

 brush on the side toward the sun, as the sun draws 

 all growing things to itself. 



The distance the bushes are placed from each other 

 depends upon their size and the way their branches 

 are arranged. The larger ones might be two or three 

 feet apart, and smaller ones stuck in between. 

 Something must be provided for each pea vine to 

 cling to and climb on. 



