GARDEN FARMING 



figure 8, c or e. The thinning of spinach, called " spooning out," 

 is almost always done with an iron spoon (see Spinach). 



Transplanting. For various reasons, such as the long season 

 required for growing, the great cost of seed or of thinning, several 

 of the important vegetable crops are managed most advantageously 

 by sowing the seed in specially prepared beds, either in the open 

 or under glass, and transferring the young plants, at the proper 



FIG. 8. Hand tools 



a, weeder (rake type) ; , trowel ; c, weeder (hoe type) ; d, dibble (steel tipped) ; 

 e, weeder (double edged) 



season, to their permanent location. This is accomplished in a 

 number of ways. Hardy plants like cabbage are sown in drills 

 a few inches apart in specially prepared beds in the open. At 

 transplanting time they are carefully loosened and lifted with a 

 spade or other implement. They are then assorted, placed in 

 baskets, and carried to the field, where they are puddled and 

 set either by hand with a dibble like that shown in figure 8, d, 

 or by means of a transplanting machine. 



