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garden implements, which latter should always be kept 
as bright asa new penny. First make up your mind 
what you will grow, and how much of it. Then spread 
on a good coating of manure, and spade twelve inches 
deep. It is surprising to a novice how much can be 
grown on a given surface. Beets, carrots, salsify, 
‘parsnips, lima beans, and some others, will occupy 
the ground the whole season. Beets should be sown 
thick, in drills six inches apart, each alternate row to 
be used for greens, as well as the thinnings of the 
others. Between the carrots, &c., radishes may be 
sown. Lettuce, radishes, &., may be sown in the 
raspberry and blackberry borders. Peas should be 
sown in double drills six inches apart, at intervals of 
three feet. Between the peas may be planted beets 
for greens, radishes, spinach, lettuce, &c., making two 
drills of each. The peas will come off in time for 
turnips, late cabbage, broccoli or celery; the latter 
should be planted in beds, the earth thrown out one 
spade deep, the celery planted in rows one foot apart, 
and the plants from six to ten inches in the rows. Snap 
beans will be off in time for cabbage, turnips, fall 
spinach, &c. If beans are wanted in the fall, they may 
follow onions, where these have been grown from sets. 
A few cucumbers may be planted in the fruit border. 
Sugar-corn should be planted in drills three feet apart, 
the plants six inches in the drills for the small early 
varieties, and about a foot for others. For a succession, 
plant from early spring till the first week in July, two 
or more drills at a time, according to the wants of the 
family. Corn may be planted after some of the crops 
named above. If one piece of ground is used, a por- 
