Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . repleasing than where there is an indiscriminatejumbling of colors. A foot in width, a foot in depth, and the lengthof the window frame to which it is to be attachedis a good size for the average care must be taken to see that it is securelyfastened to the frame, and that it is given astrong support, for the amount of earth it willcontain will be of considerable weight when wellsaturated with water. Veranda boxes, in which larger plants are tobe used, should be considerably deeper and widerthan the ordinary wind
Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . repleasing than where there is an indiscriminatejumbling of colors. A foot in width, a foot in depth, and the lengthof the window frame to which it is to be attachedis a good size for the average care must be taken to see that it is securelyfastened to the frame, and that it is given astrong support, for the amount of earth it willcontain will be of considerable weight when wellsaturated with water. Veranda boxes, in which larger plants are tobe used, should be considerably deeper and widerthan the ordinary window-box. Any box of thesize desired that is substantial enough to hold asufficient amount of soil will answer all pur-poses, therefore it is not necessary to invest inexpensive goods unless you have so much moneythat economy is no object to you. If your plantsgrow as they ought to no one can tell, by mid-summer, whether your box cost ten dollars or tencents. If it is of wood, give it a coat of someneutral-colored ^int before you fill it. SPRING WORK IN THEGARDEN. OT much actual work can bedone in the garden, at thenorth, before the middle ofApril. But a good deal canbe done toward getting readyfor active work as soon asconditions become here let me say thatit is a most excellent plan to do all that can bedone to advantage as early in the season as pos-sible, for the reason that when the weather be-comes warm, work will come with a rush, and inthe hurry of it quite likely some of it will beslighted. Always aim to keep ahead of yourwork. I believe, as I have several times said, in plan-ning things. Your garden may be small—sosmall that you do not think it worth while to givemuch consideration to it in the way of makingplans for it—^but it will pay you to think overthe arrangement of it in advance. Makinggarden doesnt consist simply in spading up a 17 367 SPRING WORK bed, and putting seed into the ground. Thoughtshould be given to the location and arrangementof
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