40 CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



and will last much longer than steel wire nails. The 

 end of the stake which is to go in the ground should 

 be pointed and pushed into the ground six or eight 

 inches. 



It is placed at the middle of one end of the child's 

 plot. If the ground is hard, to avoid breaking the 

 plot stakes by hammering them into the ground, use 

 a pointed stick and wooden mallet to make the hole 

 first. 



Cultivating stick. This is made of a piece of wood 

 whittled to fit the hand, and with a point. Hard wood 



is best. The stick is grasped as far 



~~~" from the pointed end as the depth 

 Cultivating stick to be loosened, and the work pro- 

 ceeds forward with a chopping movement, loosening 

 the soil, making it quite fine, and easy to remove the 



Photos by the Author 



Splitting off pieces for Shaping and pointing 



cultivating sticks. the cultivating sticks 



Note the useful hand 

 carrier 



weeds. One of the great advantages in the use of 

 the cultivating stick is to bring the eyes of the workers 



