The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-14
BY DONALD GRAY
NEA Service COnsuItant.

CREATING a garden is one of
Nthe real pleasures of having a
home. Nothing equals the salts
faction of planting a Sapling, car
ing for it, and watching it develop
into beautiful tree.
The making Of a garden is even
a greater joy. 1t does not take
acreage and lot of money. It
can be done with small expendi-
ture on any sized lot.
How cheap and easy this is has
been proven by one midwestern
home owner who transformed his
back yard into beautiful garden
within four months, and at cost
of less than $50
The plot of ground was twenty
feet between garages and thirty
feet from the house to the rear
lot line. The soil was sandy and
SIS worth of fertilizer prepared the
ground.
Permanent shrubs and trees at
a cost of $14.90 were planted along
the sides and back. Another SIS
was spent for perennial flowers
and $1.20 for annual flower seeds.
The grass seed cost 81, so that
the entire cost of the material
amounted to $28.10. The labor of
digging the ground, planting, and
taking care of the plants after
wards is the big item of value, and
this part Of the work was the
owners contribution.
OUCH garden can be produced
~ by any one, be he gar
dener or amateur. All it takes is
the desire, some direction of just
what to do, and willingness to
work in the soil.
It is a good investment to plant
trees and shrubs for any home.
Without the proper outside sur
roundings, a house is less desir-
able to prospective buyer. With
an attractive garden, the prop
erty becomes more attractive than
others and hence is worth more.
So that, besides the joy of hav-
ing garden for its own pur-
pose, the investment pays good
dividends. Small plants are cheap
and each year grow more beauti-
full and hence more valuable.
Furthermore, a garden need not
be planted all in one year. A GER
tain amount of money can be set
aside each year and a certain
number of plants purchased and
planted.
At the end of few years, the
garden is complete and the ex-
penditure, because it has been
distributed over a period of time,
has not been hardship.
ITO have an attractive garden
Il and to know something about
gardening, you may need a direct
ing hand to tell you what to do.
But you'll be surprised to find
how simple the task is and how
few rules you must follow to get
results.
In this series of twelve articles
shall tell you what to do to
transform your own back yard
into beautiful garden, or to i'm
prove the appearance of your
present garden.
Some of the articles will sug-
gest pleasing plans or layouts,
others will give hints about choice
of flowers and shrubs, still 9TH
ers will suggest how to get the
most attractive effects, how to
prepare the soil, how to trans
plant trees, flowers and shrubs,
and how to care for them after
they are in the ground.
Other articles will tell you how
to prune your rose bushes and
other plants, and how to keep
your flowers healthy and virile by
proper cultivation and drainage.
One great improvement to the ap-
pearance of your garden is an
artificial pool, and one article will
tell you how easily you can build
such a pool in your own little plot.
Finally, I shall show you how
simple it is to enhance the beauty
and value of your home with the
right kind of shrubs. vines and
flowers in front. You will wonder
why you ehadn't thought of this
before.
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