11,000sq ft
43 rooms
started early, because, in his own words, "Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun." He told of a fifty-year period in which the sun had never caught him in bed; he rose as soon as he could read the hands of the clock kept directly opposite his bed.
fruits" (tomatoes, beans), "roots" (beets, carrots), or "leaves" (lettuce, cabbage)