22 GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES 



Dibbers or dibbles become moat useful articles in the 

 spring when it is time to put seedlings in their permanent 

 quarters. They cost about a shilling, but one may be 

 made quite easily from the snapped-off handle of an old 

 spade or fork. A child's sand-spade can be converted 

 for use as a dibber in about ten minutes. 



A sieve renders very valuable service. If the kitchen 

 article cannot be commandeered when required, we may 

 fasten some fine-meshed wire netting to a stout wooden 

 frame and then fix high sides to the frame. A couple of 

 metal handles screwed to the edges will complete a most 

 useful article. 



A knapsack sprayer is needed where potatoes are 

 largely grown. As it is an expensive instrument, 

 allotment-holders might raise a common fund and pur- 

 chase this and other costly articles with the money, 

 using the equipment in common. 



Having obtained the allotment, noted its peculiarities 

 and purchased the necessary tools, the holder's next 

 step is to cultivate the little plot to the utmost of his 

 ability. If he requires information beyond that which 

 is given in the following pages, he should turn to the 

 leaflets issued by the Board of Agriculture and, when a 

 difficulty arises, state his case to the patient Editors of 

 either The Smallholder, Food, or Amateur Gardening. 



