Williams, Dora · Boston ; New York [etc.] : Ginn and company · leaf 80
64 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING besides ; in other words, a stout cord that will not stretch. If possible, get one long enough to extend the entire side of the lot, then fasten an iron hammock ring at each end to prevent the line from slipping or by chance from being twitched out of one’s grasp, — for… … LINES THAT DO NOT SLIP do happen. The rings will readily slip over two corner stakes and hold the line steady while intermediate measurements are being taken. They can also be used to hang up the line by, when these measuring days are happily over. It is a good plan to knot or otherwise mark on the…
School gardens
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