The Garden 
that We Made 
Is there any Small Boy 
be he Prince or Pea- 
sant — who does not feel 
important when he is 
allowed to handle the 
Garden H ose ! 
three parts — one for vege- 
tables and two for dowers. 
And now the children were 
allowed to receive weekly 
exactly what seeds or plants 
they desired. Radishes were, 
of course, their first thought, 
for children will not wait long 
for the fruits of their labours, 
and radishes grow quickly. 
Then they wanted carrots ; 
that was considered absolutely 
necessary so that they might 
give something of their garden 
produce to their horses. More- 
over, carrots were fairly easy 
to cook on their own little 
stove in the cottage that is 
to say, if they were not con- 
sumed as soon as they were picked, for “ that is the 
simplest way,” say the children. 
Their next demand was for potatoes, which were on no 
account to be forgotten. Such an exhilarating moment it 
was, too, when they were dug up ; and though the children 
forgot to bank up the potatoes last year, they yielded 
splendidly. When the potatoes were dug, they were 
cooked and eaten the same 
-eaten almost with 
reverence. And a unanimous vote was passed that just 
such teeny weeny potatoes were the very best that ever 
were ! 
In one corner of the garden they planted strawberries. 
The strawberry bed was becomingly edged with bright 
green parsley. The children considered apples highly 
desirable ; but space was limited in their little plot. Besides, 
they stipulated for a tree that would bear apples the very 
first year — plenty of apples. When I explained that this 
was impossible, that many years would go before a newly- 
planted apple tree bore fruit, the children gave it up. 
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