Tools for the Garden 



105 



ing seeds after they are 

 sown. A dibble is used 

 in transplanting plants, 

 especially into flats ; but 

 a planting peg, equally 

 effective, may easily be 

 made from a y-inch 

 piece of a broom handle. 

 Whittle one end to a 

 tapering but blunt point, 

 and round off the other 

 end to fit into the hol- 

 low of the hand. Pegs 

 of smaller size (Fig. no) 

 may be made for trans- 

 planting very small seed- 

 lings. 



For laying out and 

 planting in straight rows 

 of even distance apart, 

 a rule or measuring stick 

 and a line and stakes 

 are needed. An old 

 clothesline or a heavy 

 cord long enough to reach across the garden will do. 

 If the garden is laid out in beds, the line should be 

 stretched at each side of the bed and the rows planted 

 at right angles to these. Using a planting board about 

 8 feet long and i foot wide not only keeps the bed 

 from being trampled but also makes it easier to get the 

 rows straight and properly spaced. 



FIG. 60. A wheel hoe is very useful in a 

 large garden. With it the plants can be 

 cultivated much more rapidly than with a 

 hand hoe or rake. 



