Lilly's crop book . THE VEGETABLE GARDEN ALMOST anyone can plant seeds, and if hedoes not treat them too cruelly they willgTOw, but to be a successful gardener re-quires skill, knowledge and experience. Itmust be remembered that plants are livingthings; that they breathe, drink and eat; thatif their surroundings are congenial they willthrive, but if uncongenial they will strugglealong between life and death, and althoughthey may finally reach maturity, they willnever reach the state of perfection which willmake the gardener proud of his are almost human, and it is sometimess
Lilly's crop book . THE VEGETABLE GARDEN ALMOST anyone can plant seeds, and if hedoes not treat them too cruelly they willgTOw, but to be a successful gardener re-quires skill, knowledge and experience. Itmust be remembered that plants are livingthings; that they breathe, drink and eat; thatif their surroundings are congenial they willthrive, but if uncongenial they will strugglealong between life and death, and althoughthey may finally reach maturity, they willnever reach the state of perfection which willmake the gardener proud of his are almost human, and it is sometimessurprising that they thrive as well as they dounder adverse conditions. If possible, the garden should be located ina sunny position with a slight slope to thesouth or southeast, and a windbreak of somesort on the north will be advantageous. Itshould be free of stumps and stones, and thesoil should be a deep, rich, sandy loam, welldrained, either naturally or artificially; but asfew of us can have everything exactly
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