ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



inches apart in rows eighteen inches apart. 

 Each plant is then kept free from weeds, 

 no runners are allowed to form, and larger 

 crops are produced in consequence. The 

 young plants should be mulched with old 

 manure when set out, and if the weather is 

 dry they should be watered twice a week, as 

 drought would be apt to kill many of them. 



Late in November the strawberry bed 

 should be covered to the depth of four or 

 five inches with coarse hay, leaves or straw. 

 This should be removed in the Spring as 

 soon as the frost is out, the ground then 

 well tilled and the same material used again 

 as a mulch, close around the plants and over 

 the ground between the rows, or else, if 

 preferred, other hay or straw or clippings 

 of lawn grass used instead. This Summer 

 mulching is important, not only for keeping 

 the berries clean and free from earth, but 

 to prevent the ground from becoming hard 

 and dry. 



A strawberry bed will yield two good 

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