In the Garden The war has brought it home to
us that we have previously thro away much good food, and indeed fodder. In one household it A decided that the ribs and stems of spinach leaves were rather bet than the rest, cooked as a separate vegetable. Those who nip off top of their broad beans—a useful precaution against the fly—will fi them an excellent food. As to fodder, the poultry are almost as gr bl for any of the leaves of any sort of cabbage or of chickweed as of th bran-mash. It has been discovered among the now numerous kee of rabbits that they will flourish on almost any weed you please, tho perhaps hogweed may be called the first favourite. Perhaps the war teach us to revive some once popular beverages. I heard this week a countryman who especially relishes a mixture of cold tea and rhu juice! A recipe is desired for brewing a sort of ale from yarrow milfoil. This once very popular drink appears to have vanished es
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