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BIGGLE GARDEN BOOK 



Whatever plan you 

 decide on, endeavor, if 

 possible, to have long, 

 straight rows, which 

 will permit much of 

 the work to be done by 

 wheel hoe or by horse 

 power. Therefore, run 

 the rows the long way 

 of the garden or field ; 

 whether the rows run 

 north and south or east 

 and west is not so im- 

 portant. Plan to have 

 level rows, not ele- 

 vated little beds di- 

 vided into squares by 

 paths. Let the spaces 

 between rows be the 

 paths, generally speak- 

 ing. Some folks seem 

 to think that a garden 

 must be a series of 

 beds raised higher than 

 the path or ground 

 level; this, in most 

 cases, is a great mis- 

 take, for such elevated 

 places soon dry out 

 and the plants suffer 

 for m.oisture. If the 

 ground is naturally so 

 damp that raising the 

 beds is necessary to 

 "get them up out of 



