150 THE MARCH CALENDAR 



THE MARCH CALENDAR 



START more lily-of-the-valley pips about four weeks before Easter to 



get them in bloom then. 

 BRING more bulbs from the basement room. The Poet's Narcissus 



should blossom this month. 

 EXPERIMENT in sowing seed of annual flowers in-doors to see what sorts 



it is worth while to start in this way. 

 Sow, if not already done in February, in window-boxes, flats, or paper 



pots, seeds of beet, carrot, onion, tomato, egg-plant, and pepper. 

 THIN seedlings of beet, carrot, and onion so that each plant shall have 



a little room. 



TRANSPLANT to flats or flower-pots seedlings of tomato, egg-plant, pep- 

 per, and other crops, except onion and beet. 



REMOVE litter from border gardens soon after the last snow has gone. 

 SPADE or fork the garden soil as soon as the frost is out and the soil is 



dry enough to work. 



Sow, as soon as ground can be worked, a good supply of sweet peas. 

 Sow, if season permits, seeds of radish, lettuce, spinach, parsley, and 



the smooth hardy peas. 



PLANT, if season permits, onion sets and a few early potatoes. 

 TILL and FERTILIZE the rhubarb and the asparagus beds. 



