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indispensable in gardening^ is no good reason 

 why Vv^e should not take advantage of and 

 make the most of them. If one lives in a 

 community where there are German families 

 he vdll be surprised at the amount of vege- 

 tables the^^ grow in each home-lot. Not an 

 inch of soil is allowed to go to waste. A 

 large amount of the food of the family is 

 grown in places which m.ost Americans would 

 overlook^ simply because of the prevailing 

 idea that unless one can do things on a 

 large scale it is not worth while to attempt 

 doing anything. The German has been 

 brought up to not despise the day of small 

 things/'^ and he profits by the advice. As 

 we mighty if we would^ and^ I am glad to say, 

 as more and more are profiting by year by 

 3^ear as they become aware of the fact that 

 much can be done where conditions are lim- 

 ited. 



I would not advise much mixing of vari- 

 eties. On the contrary;, I would prefer to 

 give over each little piece of ground to one 

 plant. Those of low habit I would have 

 near the path, giving the places back of 

 them to taller-growing kinds. Of course, 

 in the majoritj^ of small homes, there is not 

 much chance for exercising a choice in the 

 location of one's flowering or vegetable 



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