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In deciding upon the site for the home vegetable garden it is well to dispose once and for all of the old idea that the garden “patch” must be an ugly spot in the home surroundings. If thoughtfully planned, carefully planted and thoroughly cared for, it may be made a beautiful and harmonious feature of [...]
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The first thing in garden making is the selection of a spot. With space limited it resolves itself into no garden, or a box garden. Surely a box garden is better than nothing at all.But we will now suppose that it is possible to really choose just the right site for the garden. The greatest [...]
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Landscape gardening has often been likened to the painting of a picture. A good extent of open lawn space is always beautiful. If one covers his lawn space with many trees, with little flower beds here and there, the general effect is choppy and fussy. One’s grounds lose all individuality thus treated. A single tree [...]
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Books are incredible for the transmission of information on gardening and gardens of all types, shapes and sizes. The range includes topics from gardening to composting and growing vegetables to garden design, and so is pretty much everything in between.Your own compost in the garden is a simple and effective way to recycle, kitchen and [...]
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