CHAPTER I
First Steps Toward a Garden
And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
—Bacon.
If you want a flower garden, you can begin work as early as March. Does that sound strange,—with cold winds and occasional snow? Ah, but the plans should all be laid then, and many things started in the house.
Four steps must be taken before starting actual work:
First.—Find out what space you can have for your garden.
Second.—Consider the soil, situation, surroundings.