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GARDEN YARD ^^ 



Don't forget that women are apt to make 

 good gardeners, because they are willing to 

 "fuss over" necessary small matters. If you 

 do not like to attend constantly to " little things," 

 if you "hate details," you will be unlikely to 

 make a big success of intensive culture. The 

 man who does best is the one who loves to 

 compare soils and fertilizers and seeds, and to 

 try how many seeds sprout and how long they 

 take; who is interested in the temperature of 

 every hot-bed; who watches for just the day to 

 use the wheel-hoe on this row and the hand-plow 

 on that; who finds the time only too short while 

 he sets out onion seedlings; who enjoys putting 

 up nice bunches of vegetables or packages of 

 fruit. In short, the man or woman whose 

 interest is in watching the crops instead of 

 the clock, is the one who succeeds in garden 

 work. 



Don't delude yourself into thinking that you 

 must have a fine house before you can take up 

 gardening. A shack is as good as a palace, and 

 better, if you can afford the one and not the 

 other. Anything that can be ventilated and 

 made weather-proof will be enough. After 

 you have made your fortune, if you have not 

 in the meantime learned the value of simple 

 living, build your fine house, and be as splen- 



