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AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



each thing you used, the dates of the last frost in the spring 

 and the first killing frost in autumn, when the various insect 

 pests appeared, when you made your last sowing for winter 

 vegetables, how long after planting it took the different 

 varieties of vegetables to mature, and a score of other things, 

 all of which you have had to guess at with no degree of cer- 

 tainty. Provide now against next spring. Get a cheap 



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Keep a record of your garden work for next year's reference. 1 



diary and leave it in the pocket of your work clothes or 

 hang it up in the tool shed. In it jot down from time to time 

 the things you particularly want to keep track of. 



Unless you had forethought enough to do it last fall, you 

 must now provide yourself with a supply of soil in which to 

 start your seedlings of vegetables and flowers. For the seed 

 boxes the soil should be very light and porous, but not very- 

 rich. On the other hand, soil for transplanting should have 



