The Coconino sun., 1901-01-26
] How His Garden Grew
THE average man who moves from

flat or from city house with a 12 by IA lawn to a p ace in the suburbs with generous back yard yearns to] plant things and see the n grow. MT. Grimston-which, by the way, is not his real name-says this was one of. his ideals which, last year. was rudely shattered. He says he thinks the reason Mary was quite contrary was because her garden made her %.
 Their suburban residence has quite an extensive back yard, and Mir. Grim ston worked industriously at it lmorn- ings and evenings trying to get it into presentable shape, for the previous tenants had used it as depository for tin cans. old rusty pans and disabled coffee pots.
 How delightful it is to live in home at last" he remarked to friend who called one evening soon after they had moved. "I don't call the flat where we have been living home. God bless our home looks out of place on the walls of suite of rooms in d large apartment building; it ought simply to be God bless our fiat We have procured a cat and three kittens in order to make the place seem as homely as possible, and am going 10 raise one of the finest gardens in the back yard you ever saw. To raise our own vegetables will be a saving of money, and"
 'I don't know about that" inter- rupted his friend. ''l raised some po- tatoes one year and at the end of the season found they had cost me just five dollars a bushel. Cheaper to buy at the grocery, you know"
 That was because you hired man to take care of 'em. I'm going to work my garden myself shal. attend to it mornings and evenings. sse."
 "There is something poetical and wonderful to me about the planting season." said Mir. Grimston when he came home one night with various packages of seed. Think of the germ of life inclosed in one of these tiny seeds! Our schoolbooks told us of raspberry seed found in the stomach of man who had been dead hundreds of years, and the seed upon being plant ed grew and produced fruit. There is no accident or caprice in nature; every little seed knows just what it has to do and it does it."
 "I am not posted on such things" replied his wife, but 1 wish our yard had more sunshine. Those large trees on eitherside of usw will completely shade your garden"
 "Oh, that doesn't natter" he re- turned; don't you worry. This after room l shall pant my radish. lettuce, onion and cucumber seeds. and to-mor- row shall plant my peas and buy some tomato plants. The vegetable man will not make much by calling here this year. my dear! Think ol havir 2 fresh vegetables of our own growing! When l was boy and used to visit my uncle in the country I would take some salt and go to the garden and break open a large, beautiful tomato. red as a ruby on the inside, sprinkle some salt on it and eat it right there. and assure you it was perfectly delicious. And the radishes! Why. half the radishes we buy are soft and sponqy from being kept too long. You will see that ours vii. be crisp and toothsome."
 Mir. Grimston whistled gayly as he raked and hood his vegetable beds, and who so happy as he when the threadlike green spears and scalloped leaves began to peep from the ground!
 Our lettuce will be very tine," he said; Tit has such large, strong roots, and our tomatoes are growing like anything"
 'I should think sol" returned his wife. At the rate these plants are shooting up they ought to bear fruit as large as watermelons."
 "True," said he. land the cucumber