THE GARDEN PRIMER 



may have free rein. Turning up the ground in 

 autumn is indeed sometimes recommended, even in 

 old and established gardens, though the work should 

 not be done at a time when the soil is wet. 



With outdoors looked after, pay particular atten- 

 tion to all that the catalogues and garden literature 

 have to say about soil. You know what they mean 

 when they talk about sandy loam, or clay loam, or 

 just plain loam, and you know which yours is. What 

 have they to say about your particular kind? 



Never mind if they do not agree with each other 

 or with what may be said herein; read them. You 

 will find something to think about — you will get 

 ideas — you will begin to appreciate how much there 

 is of interest about this very common, ordinary dirt 

 under our feet that we have always taken for granted. 

 Our very lives depend upon it, literally. Isn't it 

 worth studying a little bit? 



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