In the Garden The first dish of outdoor strawberries has
come in from the garden. This is always a sign that the summer wealth is about to flow. Already raspberries are ready for netting, and red currants taking on that pallor that precedes the blush. This netting business is most unsatis- factory, and in the long run expensive. The best thing is to build a permanent wire cage, preferably of metal frames, to cover both rasp- berries and strawberries. But this is,a counsel of perfection forbidden by the times. We live in a makeshift age. Cox apples are showing signs of leaf-curl, and will have to be sprayed immediately. But which job is to be done next, amongst a hundred urgent needs ? Between the fruit and vegetable gardens, the hedges and lawns, there is so much to be done that I shall certainly have to
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