326 SUGGESTIONS FOR LABORATORY WORK 



3. March 4. — Place manure for hotbeds. Set up hotbed frames. 



4. March 11. — Clean, repair, and place hotbed sash. 



(Have soil hauled for hotbeds.) 



5. March 18. — Prepare soil in hotbeds. Plant part of hotbeds with 

 radishes. 



6. March 2.5. — Shift seedlings of lettuce, cabbage, and tomatoes to other 

 flats; and place fiats of lettuce and cabbage in hotbeds. 



(Have land plowed and fitted, and gardens staked out.) 



7. April 1. — Prepare soil and plant cool season crops in the open, as fol- 

 lows: Potatoes, peas, radishes, spinach, lettuce seed, onion seed, onion sets. 



8. April 8. — Finish planting early crops: Beets, carrots, parsnips. Shift 

 celery seedlings to flats. 



(Have coldframes prepared.) 



9. April 15. — Transplant cabbage and head lettuce into the garden. 

 Shift tomatoes to other flats and place in coldframes. 



10. April 22. — Hoe all crops and study seedlings. 



(Have unplanted land harrowed.) 



11. April 29. — Plant string beans and sweet corn. Hoe everything. 



12. May 6.— Hoe and weed everything. Study seedhngs. 



(Have unplanted land harrowed.) 



13. May 13. — Plant tomatoes, Lima beans, and cucumbers. 



14. May 20. — Thin and weed beets, carrots, parsnips, and onions. 



15. May 27. — Till the entire garden and make observations on the various 

 crops. 



