The Home Garden 



rate it with the soapsuds of washing-day. At 

 the end of the season mix some rich earth and 

 sand with it, and next spring you will have 

 some good soil to use in the hot-bed. If weeds 

 are allowed to lie on the ground after they are 

 pulled, many of them will take root and grow 

 again, and it will be necessary to pull them a 

 second time. Moreover a pile of pulled-up 

 weeds is unsightly, so for that reason, if no 

 other, dispose of them promptly. 



After having cleared away along the row, and 

 for a space of about three inches each side of it, 

 the garden cultivator can be brought into use. 

 Use it so frequently and so thoroughly that 

 not a weed can get a start. It is an easy matter 

 to keep the garden clean, if, as has been ad- 

 vised, you begin early in the season. But allow 

 weeds to get ahead of you, as they surely will 

 if you let them alone for a little while when 

 they are in the early stages of development, 

 and you will find that a good deal of hard 

 work is required to bring them into subjuga- 

 tion. The gardener who takes pride in his 

 garden and who aims to grow vegetables to 

 perfection recognizes the fact that there is a 

 constant warfare between the two kinds of 



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