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For one preoccupied with other cares as every amateur gardener ought to be these books are no mean part of his equipment; they are as necessary to his best gardening as the dictionary to his best English. What a daily, hourly, unfailing wonder are the modern opportunities and facilities by which we are surrounded!
Vetch and clover and all else that permanently enriched must be given up for war gardening or war farming. The motto was not Americanus sedendo vincit but Americanus accelerando vincit. Cato, when asked what the first principle of good agriculture was, answered "To plough well." When asked what the second was, replied "To plough again."
"I can tell you she is the life of the house, almost literally; we should have had little enough to live upon this summer if it had not been for her." "What do you mean?" impatiently enough. "Fleda if it had not been for her gardening and management. She has taken care of the garden these two years and sold I can't tell you how much from it. Mr.
I spoke out plainly about the attendance at church, though only by the way, and said it showed how little they cared about the things of God, and that we could not help asking ourselves if we had been any real help to even one person on Tristan. This afternoon I gave up to gardening. Just as Ellen and I had planted out some tomatoes Mr. Keytel brought some mignonette plants and put them in.
The ground was only broken up in March, 1916, but in the same season splendid crops of peas, potatoes and other vegetables were raised by the holders, the majority of whom had little or no previous experience of gardening.... So as to deal with the main needs of the members co-operatively in the most effective manner a Trading Committee was appointed to advise and make contracts.... Manure, lime, salt, and artificial manures have been ordered collectively; and seeds and other gardening requisites arranged for at liberal discounts."
Baxter, whose character was already fully formed, it may be hoped; but not so utterly satisfactory for the girl, though the process was pleasant enough. After Mass and breakfast she spent the morning as she wished, overseeing little extra details of the house gardening plans, the poultry, and so forth and reading what she cared to.
The result of the natural style of gardening, is seen rather in the absence of all defects and incongruities in the prevalence of a beautiful harmony and order, than in the creation of any special wonders or miracles. The artificial style has as many varieties as there are different tastes to gratify. It has a certain general relation to the various styles of building.
Finally, at the last stage of its growth, it springs out of the ground and develops magnificently, blooming the same as ever, and producing the same fruit as on the original stem. Modern cultivation and French gardening have pruned away but very few of its branches and blunted a few of its thorns: its original texture, inmost substance, and spontaneous development have not changed.
"Now, Nan, you can serve your vegetables," Aunt Sarah said, and then Nan very neatly put a few crisp lettuce leaves on each small plate, and at the side she placed a few of Freddie's radishes, "with handles on" as Dinah said, meaning the little green stalks. "Just think, we've done it all from the garden to the table!" Nan exclaimed, justly proud of her success at gardening.
Of course, in greenhouses things can be forced, and the spirit of the ardent reformer may find expression in the nurture of premature blooms. Perhaps also the constant stooping which gardening necessitates, especially in the early spring, when the weeds grow plentifully, tends to destroy the stiff mental independence which must be the attitude of the militant patriot.
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