The garden that we made . s to fresh soil. And thus they learn to love flowers instead of carelesslytrampling them under foot, or picking them only to throwthem away the next moment. Moreover, they become quite deft and handy in trans-planting, weeding, and many other things. As for wateringtheir gardens, there is never any need to remind them of is too delicious to splash about and get just a bit soiled andmuddy—there is no joy like that of watering in the have tried to teach our children to love flowers asmuch as I do. Hence they have each their own little plot atSofiero, as
The garden that we made . s to fresh soil. And thus they learn to love flowers instead of carelesslytrampling them under foot, or picking them only to throwthem away the next moment. Moreover, they become quite deft and handy in trans-planting, weeding, and many other things. As for wateringtheir gardens, there is never any need to remind them of is too delicious to splash about and get just a bit soiled andmuddy—there is no joy like that of watering in the have tried to teach our children to love flowers asmuch as I do. Hence they have each their own little plot atSofiero, as I have already mentioned elsewhere. When theeldest boy was seven, we gave the children a tiny cottage fortheir own tools and their toys, etc. And round the cottage aplot was dug out for them and partially prepared. A palingwas put up in order to keep the rabbits away. Incidentally, the rabbits in Sofieroseem to prefer thechoicest of plantsand the most cher-ished of ones flowers. What our ChildrenChose for Then the plotwas divided into The Childrens GardenPlayhouse. Digitized by IVIicrosoft® The Gardenthat We Made
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