Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21

or if there is no opportunity In the way
of land to be worked.
We would urge all prospective home
owners, therefore, to get as much land
as possible, not only because land, or
real estate" as 1t Is called, to dis
ting;IiSh 1t from less permanent pos
sessions, Is the basis Of home values,
but also because If one ever gardens he
must have some room to do It,
Ride across country and note the
expanding acres, hundreds upon hun
dreds Of them. used in the production
of crops. 1t takes land to feed this
Nation. The principle holds true of
the home garden. 1t takes more than
postage stamp yard II one wants to
garden in earnest.
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The point is, we believe, that no one
can be sure Just how much interest he
can work up in the ancient craft OF
working the land. Suppose he has no
idea he likes gardening. the time may
come when the opportunity and the de-
sire will join.
There are hundreds Of men and
women who long for a return to the
soil. yet do not know 1t. Many believe
this almost hidden hankering, smothered
by civilization and land lack. means
that they want to go back to the coun-
try, own farm, or something along
that line.
often a good sized city yard, or a
slightly bigger one in the suburbs, will
give such person all the land he
wants or needs. We of the cities must
perforce leave horticulture on a grand
scale to those who have made such
work their business.
The most we can do or ought to hope
to do is to delve in the earth with in
terest and some need of success and
satisfaction. But in order to do this
little, even, we must have enough land
to plant largely enough to make the
garden keep just little ahead OF us:
Our correspondent was so busy with
fruit trees that the vegetable garden
had to take care Of itself for while
The little garden where everything is
completed. once and for all, offers nc
opportunity for such forced neglect and
thus loses TO its owner O. great deal OF
the Joy Of gardening.
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The correct use Of the garden, hose
always has been a matter OF discus
sion among home owners. Some favor
the picturesque nozzle. which may be
turned from direct stream to fine spray
and all variations between. For reach
ing difiIcult places with a short hose
the nozzle Is uSeIul, puC LneTe can pe
little question that the average noZ-
gle retards the water beyond the point
of proper saturation.
What a garden needs when 1t is be-
ing watered Is water and more water
and still more water. The amateur who
is so fortunate as to have other garden
work to do while he waters another
part Of his domain is to be congratu-
lated. Many of us wet our entire "es-
tate" every time we turn on the hose
We have fought hard against the
non-nozzle practice. but are being con-
verted. Our complaint against such
usage was the hopelessly unpicturesque
yelling of the water from the end OF
the hose. 1t just runs out, when what
we want is spray and plenty Of it!
A spray is picturesque, but 1t does
not put enough water in the ground
whereas the free-running hose without
nozzle permits the water TO gurgle forth
silently and hugely.
1t is astonishing how completely wet
one may get section of ground with a
nozzIeless hose. The home gardener
almost feels as II he should apologize
to the Potomac. Plenty of water and
opportunity to be busy-this program
spells garden success and happiness.