MONEY IN THE BACKYARD 29 



" Beside these were six other vegetables for which 

 I do not have the exact dates." 



discovered! the real use for a back fence! 



A good many of your fellow-gardeners have 

 already discovered the quickening effect of a wind- 

 break on the north side of the garden, and so can 

 you, especially if you live here in the North. If 

 you are farming a city lot, the chances are that you 

 are well protected by board fences, but if not, don't 

 waste any time before putting up some kind of a 

 barrier. Where there is room to spare, a hedge of 

 evergreens (arborvitae, hemlock or spruce), privet, 

 or barberry will be effective as well as useful, but 

 ordinarily we are not ready, in the backyard farm, 

 to grow shrubs merely for looks. A board fence 

 — or better, a brick wall — is a fine support for 

 trained, dwarf fruit trees, the apples, pears and 

 plums being especially adapted to this north wall 



