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  NOTES 
  

  

  By 
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  WHILE 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  to 
  

   do 
  any 
  actual 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  garden, 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  too 
  early 
  to 
  plan 
  the 
  work 
  which 
  

   will 
  soon 
  be 
  upon 
  us 
  with 
  a 
  rush. 
  If 
  it 
  conies 
  

   before 
  we 
  have 
  made 
  full 
  preparation 
  for 
  it, 
  

   quite 
  likely 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  slighted 
  

   in 
  the 
  hurry 
  of 
  the 
  moment. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  excuse 
  for 
  a 
  poor 
  garden 
  under 
  

   ordinary 
  conditions. 
  The 
  average 
  garden 
  may 
  

   be 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  one 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  will- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  proper 
  attention. 
  This 
  means 
  

   thorough 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  for 
  the 
  re- 
  

   ception 
  of 
  seed, 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  reliable 
  

   fertilizers 
  in 
  liberal 
  quantities, 
  careful 
  seed- 
  

   sowing, 
  and 
  no 
  quarter 
  to 
  weeds. 
  This 
  does 
  

   not 
  call 
  for 
  a 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  labor 
  or 
  of 
  

   time, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  great 
  expense. 
  

  

  Of 
  course, 
  many 
  persons 
  are 
  so 
  situated 
  

   that 
  the 
  little 
  piece 
  of 
  ground 
  they 
  call 
  a 
  

   garden 
  is 
  hardly 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  dignity 
  of 
  the 
  

   title 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  it, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  

   better 
  than 
  no 
  garden 
  at 
  all. 
  Those 
  who 
  

   have 
  nothing 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  back 
  yard 
  often 
  fail 
  

   to 
  do 
  anything 
  with 
  it 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  insig- 
  

   nificance, 
  and 
  the 
  unfavorable 
  conditions 
  

   which 
  generally 
  prevail 
  there. 
  The 
  ground 
  

   is 
  always 
  willing 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  share 
  of 
  work 
  

   as 
  best 
  it 
  can, 
  and 
  plants 
  are 
  always 
  

   willing 
  to 
  do 
  their 
  share 
  if 
  given 
  

   half 
  a 
  chance, 
  and, 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  willing 
  to 
  do 
  

   what 
  we 
  can 
  to 
  help 
  matters 
  along, 
  the 
  most 
  

   unpromising 
  back 
  yard 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  mere 
  apology 
  for 
  a 
  garden. 
  

   Anyway, 
  it 
  "pays" 
  to 
  clean 
  it 
  up 
  once 
  a 
  year 
  

   if 
  nothing 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  it. 
  But 
  don't 
  let 
  the 
  

   matter 
  end 
  with 
  the 
  annual 
  cleaning 
  up. 
  

   Spade 
  up 
  the 
  soil. 
  Turn 
  it 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  sunshine 
  

   — 
  if 
  there 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  — 
  and 
  let 
  that 
  

   and 
  the 
  air 
  sweeten, 
  and 
  purify, 
  and 
  mellow 
  

   it. 
  Add 
  something 
  that 
  has 
  the 
  elements 
  of 
  

   plant-growth 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  work 
  it 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  

   until 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  fine 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  made. 
  Then 
  

   plant 
  something 
  in 
  it. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  vegetables, 
  

   or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  flowers, 
  but 
  make 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   grow 
  something. 
  You 
  may 
  not 
  succeed 
  in 
  

   growing 
  anything 
  that 
  you 
  would 
  care 
  to 
  

   enter 
  for 
  a 
  prize 
  at 
  an 
  agricultural 
  fair, 
  but 
  

   you 
  can 
  grow 
  really 
  good 
  specimens 
  of 
  veg- 
  

   etables 
  and 
  flowers 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  few 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  would 
  look 
  for 
  favorable 
  results. 
  The 
  

   average 
  back 
  yard 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  forbidding 
  place, 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  appearances 
  go, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  

   make 
  it 
  attractive 
  and 
  even 
  profitable. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  can 
  have 
  "a 
  real 
  garden," 
  and 
  

   who 
  have 
  other 
  work 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  

   time, 
  ought 
  to 
  plan 
  for 
  economizing 
  labor 
  in 
  

   it. 
  Do 
  not 
  lay 
  it 
  out 
  in 
  little 
  narrow 
  beds, 
  

   as 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  doing, 
  but 
  

   plant 
  it 
  in 
  rows. 
  This 
  will 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  

   make 
  good 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  wheel-hoe 
  and 
  culti- 
  

   vator. 
  Let 
  the 
  rows 
  run 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden, 
  that 
  the 
  turns 
  made 
  in 
  culti- 
  

   vating 
  may 
  be 
  as 
  few 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Plan 
  to 
  get 
  all 
  possible 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  sun- 
  

   shine. 
  This 
  you 
  can 
  do 
  by 
  planting 
  tall- 
  

   growing 
  plants, 
  like 
  corn, 
  pole-beans, 
  and 
  

   climbing 
  peas, 
  at 
  the 
  north. 
  Graduate 
  your 
  

   plants 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  habit 
  of 
  growth, 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  the 
  south, 
  so 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  have 
  

   an 
  equal 
  chance 
  at 
  the 
  warmth 
  of 
  the 
  sun. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  propose 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  such 
  plants 
  as 
  

   asparagus 
  or 
  rhubarb, 
  which 
  require 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  quarters, 
  put 
  them 
  at 
  one 
  side 
  where 
  they 
  

   will 
  not 
  interfere 
  with 
  the 
  proper 
  cultivation 
  

   of 
  annual 
  plants. 
  Locate 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  cared 
  for 
  well, 
  of 
  course, 
  but 
  keep 
  them 
  

   out 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  

   spaded 
  or 
  plowed 
  up 
  each 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  advice 
  applies 
  with 
  equal 
  force 
  

  

  