The Gardener's Calendar 



something that can be made use of as greens. 

 Never let any portion of the garden go to 

 waste. 



AUGUST 



Asparagus plants are now storing up material 

 for next season's crop. Feed them well by 

 giving a liberal top-dressing of fine manure, 

 or some reliable commercial fertilizer. See 

 that no weeds are allowed to grow among the 

 plants. 



Right here I want to say that the average 

 gardener seems to lose a good deal of interest 

 in a plant as soon as the crop of the season has 

 been secured from it. This is all wrong. If it 

 is a plant that lasts over the season, like aspara- 

 gus or rhubarb, treat it with a view to the 

 future. Have next season's crop in mind, and 

 so care for the plants that they will be getting 

 ready for it. This they cannot do satisfactorily 

 if care is not given them throughout the season, 

 year after year. 



If you think it advisable to grow your own 

 seed, save some of the earliest of each kind for 

 this particular purpose. It is a good plan to 

 hold a plant in reserve for seed-bearing, and 



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