Kimwha, Forea
July 3, 1939.
Dear Father:
My last letter f-wanted to write on June 25,
and recall many happy celebrations of that day together,
but being Sunday I did not^lsid time that day.  Sometimes
after the dayfis over I might write a few lines if I could
do so quickly in our room, but thenleverythin* must be quiet
on account of the baby.  So I don't always get my letters
written when I want to.  This time I|am writing the day
before another special holiday, but thisfone does not
equal June 25 in number of pleasant recollections.  I •
suppose you will spend the day quietly at home, as that is
more pleasant than getting into big crowds as you would
find.almost anywhere else than home.
After a number of cloudy and rainy days we
are having another warm sunny spell. 'Everything is
growing well.  We have-some corn that looks very promising.
Yesterday we picked the".last dish of strawberries.. Tie did
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year j   as we have only a  small
not have  solver^ many
and half of that-as moved  last  fail when we built  the wood
shed back  of the*house where the  originallplants wgre.   *
Next year  I want  to|give more- space to  theiii,   for I  enjoy
them very much and •■.•they are  something that one  cannot buy
easily  or  iflin market  one  is  not  sure about  the  safety  of
eating them raw.
bed
We had;several meals of peas, but they did not
do well owing to being in I p^or location.  They were too
much shaded by the.cherry trees belonging to the houses in
the rear, planted sal.ong thelnroperty line. When we planted
the seed, the leaves had not yet com eg. out, and-.we did not
think about the shade coming out so far. We have a good many
string beans planted "and have eaten a good-Siany.  The beans
after getting ripe are used to eat with rice, so 4hose that
are too large to eat as string, beans we are leaving, on  the vines
to ripen.  A few tomato plants are growing well, but it
be a long time before we shall have any to eat. .'..'.
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When iticame time
busy to do it, so the husband
seeds I gave him; seeds which
us. fit is interesting how di
combined in the same bed. Ai
which are long-growing crops,
of three kinds; spinach, and
known in America. One belong
leaves of the samefshape, but
and leaves are ail eaten cook
The other I am almost sure is
us some years ago as flowers.
thick about their place, and
they were. They-had yeiic**' g
type, and were not especially
disappeared about Bonnivue be
too
to plant the garden I was
hb-l the Bible woman planted the
different church people had given
fferent kinds of produce, are J-
ong withtthe corn and beans,
he planted quick growing greens
two others which seem not
s to the geranium family,
smaller,  ahen young the
ed as greens, usually in soup.
the same thingprs. Miller gave
She said they had come up
she didanot seem to know what
lowers of the ordinary composite
pretty, so perhaps they have
fore this.  I planted themwfirst
to be
with
stems