“No.” Billy shook his head. “After the little plants are about three inches high, you remove the frame, and let them grow with a will. By the latter part of September they will be well rooted, able to live over winter if covered with leaves when the weather becomes frosty, and sheltered from the north winds.”
[CHAPTER LII]
The Money the Children Made
“ELEANOR, if you’re going to ‘market garden’ with Billy and me, you’ll have to get up right away.”
Mary Frances shook her little friend into wakefulness.
“Mar-ket—gar-den-ing?” yawned Eleanor, stretching. Then sitting up, “Oh, yes, I remember now, Mary Frances! How stupid of me! It’s Saturday! My, I’m sorry I overslept!”
“Never mind, girlie, but hurry up and dress. Billy’s already out in the garden putting things in the wheelbarrow.”