HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
LOCATION OF GARDEN 
S EEMINGLY “impossible” places often make good 
gardens. In Switzerland, where tillable soil is very 
valuable, one may observe gardens nestling on mountain 
sides, made by carrying fertile soil from the valley and 
depositing it in rock depressions within easy distance of 
the alpine huts. 
The vegetable garden should be in close proximity 
to the home. It may be one’s backyard or the lot ad- 
joining, but it should be handy so spare time can be de- 
voted to its cultivation. Any garden is better than no 
garden and any piece of ground will make a garden of 
some kind. 
Where a choice may be had, select a level piece of 
ground, free from stones, and one that has been cultivated 
before. Newly broken sod makes good gardens if properly 
fertilized. Most any soil grows some crops, and the following 
pages tell what will grow best on soils of different character. 
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