PLANTING 



This is surely planting day. The sun is warm and the 

 soil is dry enough to work without its sticking together. 

 The garden has been spaded and the surface made smooth. 



First get four sticks, each about i foot long. Drive one 

 at each corner of the garden. Now, run a cord around the 

 garden, fastening it to the corner posts. Measure off and 

 mark on each side of the garden the ends of the rows, ac- 

 cording to your plan. Drive a stick at the end of each 

 row. Small, stout sticks about 6 inches long and i inch 

 wide make good markers. On the markers at one end of 

 the rows, write the names of the vegetables. 



Stretch the garden line tightly close to the soil to mark off 

 each row. Under it make a furrow with a sharp stick or 

 with the hoe. The depth of this furrow should be about 

 five times the thickness of the seed to be planted in the row. 



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