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·ZUNKEM GLALDEN

ZAKO I MAU JAY, IT LOOKS AS IF THERE I QUITE A PIT OF LOGGING TO DOND

Consider

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IFRAME

GRAVEL ARRIVING PRØỶTHE PATHS-

Plan for the new garden

is submitted, modified by the expert-and ..

Mr. Brown pegs out

It only

FOUND BROWN sift- madly the murers of entour,

means a slightly smaller laws, ing builder's rubble "That group of shrubs on the NE when I paid my second of the lawn will look rather isolated, don't you thfrik Why not Bink # with

a shrub border hittles mut along the 5.3. fence

visit.

"Thought some of this coarse stuff would do for the founda tions of the paths" was his first remark,

"Excellent!" 1 Fakt, "and the finer material, containing lime, will hen te break down the heavy soil.'"

The plot now revealed a much more hopeful pictures than did last week-the grass cut, large weeth extracted, all faithfully burned, as directed.

Brown AN viewed the site fumbled with a piece of paper, shi

I could see he was eager to discuss the plan.

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15 true it will break the temptness of that palk, but that is desirable, as it will prevent a view Beber garden, rarely picaresque spot. Besitles, such

cerade surprises. Dis ee an excellent prin- Cup as the corners.

th will riple to introduce, with moderation, In a distta." That was her idva...

PROWN nodded approvid, but 1 rouid see that he was nasious to say something.

"I hope you will hot suggest an alternath is the curved rose-zerren and bader skirting the north side of This is something like my ideal the mailer of the path. adding! gurden," he said. "Or course, the hesitatingly, "That's the wife's idea."

"And a good one, too." I said. wife had something to do with

it wild relieve pertamalar shape of the plat

She is also keen on a part of the equid! garden bring sel spurt for the kids

dies."

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The path behind it led to a rosei That gives me an en, Brown, arch over an entrance to the lawn, Under that oak tree is an ideal spot and fost service path giving access for a children's playground garden: a swing alliched to a strong branch, a seat, sindpit, and a few flower beds in the sun empletes that

scetion."

This is the plan.

ALANCING t

...

to the children's garden and shelter, which had now been agreed upon, a are frame, tool shed, and com Jang part.

Now do this...

GVOUR next job," i said, "is to peg out." Brown look-

THE

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AS "ILAN

THE PLOT

Garden Basket and Rake

JERE is a garden basket fited with towel, fork und twig cutters, Bandha' is shaped to hang easily on your arm,

On the right, a fan-shaped wire rukte-in, on a long handle, for gathering cut grass or leaves.

JEJEBANJARAN BATACANTUANKUAS

sink, or are waterlogged. Poths are generally permanent, and the secrel of successful path-making is to have a good foundation.“

A. E. G.

CROW

FOR:

Has a keen appetite for insects, particularly grubs. Over. ! one-quarter of its, daily food at this time of the year consists of such pernicious enemies of the garden as larvae of the cock- chafer, the, crane-fly. (leather- jucket), and ellekbeetle (wireworni).

Will cat slugs and snails when choleer ment`is not available,

Young fed on similar diet which parent collects in large quantities, forming a solid lump under lower jaw, before returning to Its nest.

Also eats the larger weed seeds.

AGAINST:

Will regularly frequent a lawn in search of food, pecking up the grass in little bunches and throwing it in all directions.

For same reason lifts out of the ground or damages potato seis, shallots and turnips, the last often being so disfigured as to be useless for consumption.

Give your vegetables elbow room

while object of cultivating a packed leaves will rob the roots of themselves best to transplanting are vegetable plot is to get as much light and air.

lettuce, endive, onion, kohtrabi, and There can be no set distances for sweet corn. out of it as possible.

The niche varieties of beet can thinning out. You must have some This caprot, of rouse, be done idea of the expected size of d also be transplanted quite casily, if one starves either soil or plants finished product. If there is any but they must be shaded from the through overcropping or overcrowd, doubt, give the plants the benefit of sun, and damped over each even» - ins.

11, and allow them plenty of room. ing until they have become estab

Average distances, which can be listed.

One of the chief ways of increase extended by two of three inches for 1 the plan. noticeel that the most flori ed surprised, and the plan fluttered one's output is, strangely enough, the offspring of families which pro-

a process of elimination. By thitiduce monsters, are as follows:

plants Af verlous ferous part of the garden is to be from his hand.

mean, of course, the paths and ing out the near the house. There is to be n

a borders; in fact, the whole design! Vegetables one ensures a good crop small format sunken garden with a central rectangular pool, surrounded may be done. Use a garden, fine of them instead of no crop at all. by a path and walling which sup-or-begin-by-inserting a set of pegs. ports four raised corner beds. The down the centre of the garden. Then are to be separated by four sets of measure off from there. steps, each leading to a path giving

"Make them gravel paths running

firet, as these wil enable you to

Recess on the south side to the W HOW the garden material about between the plants, Takt: no notice as possible,

and on the east a seat, which command a view

ground

Beet, Bing, lettuce, 9ins. parauip, All these transplanted vegetables Bina: spinach, Bius.; turnip, Bins, want three conditions for succ solsify, Sins, onion, Gius: kohl-rabi, plenty of moisture, firmness on the "Plus"""endied 12ins; sweet curn, 2/1¦ surface of the ground, and fintress

currot, Glas.) swede, Ģina.

of suil beneath, in order that the routs may have free run. When' Binning CUL Hover be

The art of thinning out lies in Water the

thoroughly space leaving the survivors as undisturbed twenty-four hours before the plants fraid of leaving plenty of

are to be moved into it. Just before the formal gar- "Espavate to a depth of one foot

the size they are at present. Choose a moment for the job when transplanting, rake the soll over. don as well as the herbaceous border, using the top soil for rising slightly i Think of what they will become.

the soil has been thoroughly moisten- Finally, give each plant à good With root plants you have to con- ed by rain. Falling this, give the drink from the watering-can when "Splendid, Brown! But I must say beds and borders."

Twelve inches?" said Brown with an her- that

three feet wide for

I thought his would be sider not only the amount of ground lines a thorough soaking some hours you put it in. Everything depends too narrow surprise. baceous border is

which their roots may require, but before attucking them.

on a good start. Of the vegetables which I have common mistake of many amateurs. ample."

So du many amateurs, but 75 per the amount of sky-sjach which

oht:3 which lend Five, or even seven, feet would be much better. Then you can have cent, of such paths eventually crack, their follage will take up. Closely mentioned, the

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