Excerpt from Home and School Gardening for Children, 1923Location: Choose, if possible, a location away from_ the shade of tall buildings or large trees. A spot fully exposed to sun and air is best. Few things will grow well in shade, or where the roots of trees reach out and sap the life and moisture from the soil.Preparing Soil: Plow or spade thoroughly, use stable manure, wood -ashes, humus, or chemical fertilizers, well worked into the soil.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.