Transplanting 



The planting lines in the garden should be 

 drawn and the holes for those plants which are 

 to stand some distance apart — such as tomatoes, 

 peppers and the like, should be already dug and, 

 where extra fertilizing is called for, the hills en- 

 riched with a good spadeful of well decayed 

 manure and the ground all ready for the 

 plants. In this way transplanting will go for- 

 ward with the least possible delay and the plants 

 will suffer little, if any, from the change. 



It is not at all necessary to wait for a rainy 

 spell as so many think desirable; the most suc- 

 cessful planting can be done on a clear, bright 

 day if the work is handled properly; indeed this 

 is just the weather that gives best results, a period 

 of rainy weather with cloudy intervals between is 

 also favorable except for the discomfort of work- 

 ing in the wet but when planting time comes 

 one must not think too much of one's personal 

 comfort, — it is up to one to get things into the 

 ground and growing; we can be comfortable later 

 on when there is time for it. 



A rainy spell, broken by hot, sunshiny, muggy 

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