CULTIVATING 



Keep the weeds out of your garden. If let alone they will 

 grow much faster than your vegetables and will rob them 

 of water and of food materials. 



As soon as your vegetables are well out of the ground, 

 cultivate them with the rake or hoe. Continue to do this 

 once or twice a week until the plants are full grown. Pull 

 up any large weeds and throw them on the compost pile. 



In cultivating, stir the soil between the plants to the depth 

 of about I inch. Always break the crust on the surface of 

 the soil after a rain. The loose soil becomes a mulch or dust 

 blanket which keeps the moisture in the ground. 



The easiest way to destroy weeds is to rake the soil when 

 they are just starting. The hand weeder may be used in 

 the row. 



In cultivating, do not dig deep enough to disturb the 

 roots ; and in hoeing near your plants, stir only the surface 

 of the soil. 



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