Show I I n Your Yo F U r Own L w n 9 i ij MAKE OUTDOOr FURNITURE NOW NOWA A garden is a poor place if it il isn't livable Garden furniture bird baths sundials arbors and tea houses all help to make th the garden a useful as aswell aswell well vell as es b beautiful adjunct to th the house and to family life lile While all of these accessories may be purchased readymade readymade ready ready- made at almost any price the true d wool the gardener likes to tomake tomake tomake make his own Later in the season you will be far too busy rushing around with the spade and md rake and hoe pushing the lawn mower over the grass forcing aphids aphid and caterpillars to take bat baths bathe in black leaf 40 and arsenate of lead and conducting other gardeners through your garden Jarden to have time timeto to spend with hammer and saw Make the furniture now before the real planting and cultivating time descends descends descends de de- de- de on you S tJi r r. r tt t C y il y W t. t 1 t. t r i. i-i i 1 t l' l r-fr r i t Jt 1 r t r tt i J u 1 f k t KJ K J H r rr 1 Y i ii i ii i I I I F A bench o of good design placed d in a shady spot in the garden will be u used ed every every day JY in summer slimmer A circular seat beneath an old apple tree tre will vill be a athing athing athing thing of beauty for years An Art arbor which h will shelter a t group of chairs and a table will afford a place for serving meals for playing cards or for reading sewing or studying Any of or these articles may be fashioned of wood by a man or woman handy with tools toots Articles made from Irom cement arc better than those of wood for they are permanent and practically inde inde- Cement bird baths sund sundials sundials sun sun- d dials als and even benches are not beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the powers of most amateur gardeners whose seasons of wrestling with the spade give him a set of biceps of which a prize fighter might be proud These cement articles articles' ot cit this time of year may be made in a abasement abasement abasement basement or garage and moved out outto outto outto to their appointed places when they are set Cement paving stones can be used to advantage in every gerden garden and andone andone one may make a large number of them with a few shallow boxes for molds at this season They will serve as stepping stones as the floor loor for forthe forthe forthe the arbor as a coping to the lily pool and in many mony other places in the garden I If you like you ou may color them red or green The garden furniture when made of wood will require at least two coats of at paint before it is exposed to the weather Paint ma may be used at other points in the garden also For Instance have you OU ever thought of pointing the handles of your garden tools tools tools- especially the smaller things such as the trowels and weeding forks which are so easily mislaid when you are working with them Buy a can of exterior paint in a abright abright abright bright color for this purpose e. e A trowel with an orange handle will willbe willbe willbe be spotted as soon as it is lost whereas where where- is as the trowel with the unpainted handle may be overlooked for days or even weeks If it it is laid down among the plans for a few tew minutes until its owner goes off ott on other business Make Moke Tool Rack Another good thing to make for forthe forthe forthe the garden gardn now is s a l tool rack for the garage arage or shed sheet Make a place for forever ever every article each spade and shovel the rake hoe hoc weeder and the smaller tools Th Then n train yourself to place each tool where it belongs at the end of the day and you wont won't be under the necessity of accusing your poor defenseless wife of oC having thrown the spade away when next you youn n need it Stakes for the dahlias dahlia and other tall plants may be made now painted if it you want vint them to serve several s seasons and pointed at nl one end to permit them to be thrust into the ground in the easiest manner Pur Purchase also a supply of the email wooden labels in two or more sizes aizer which arc are sold so reasonably Give these one coat of white paint Names written in pencil will be legible legible leg leg- ible at the end of the season anc and then if it you wish the labels may be for another mother year Really there are innumerable things to be made now for the future use or beauty of the garden |