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CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



hoe should be held in positions described for raking, 

 and loosening of the soil should be done with a chop- 

 ping motion, working forward. 



Beginners have a tendency to pull earth over the 

 unhoed portion by working backwards. This is the 

 most difficult thing to overcome, and it will be easier 

 to teach the use of the hoe after they have learned 

 to use the cultivating stick. 



Hoe handles should be marked for measures like 

 the rake handles, in inches and feet. 



Watering pots. A six quart pot is large enough 

 for the average child. Usually the holes in the 

 sprinkler are too small, and should be enlarged. Do 

 this with a block of wood, wire nail and hammer. 

 Where there is no money, fair substitutes for watering 

 pots and pails may be made of the gallon tin cans in 

 which baker's buy fruits and vegetables. 



Tubs at hydrants. Where running water is sup- 

 plied, it is well to have 

 large half barrels, or tubs, 

 into which the pots may 



be dipped, 

 should be 

 with cobble 

 gratings, to 



These tubs 

 surrounded 

 stones, or 



avoid mud. 



Photo by the Author 

 Half an oil barrel for a tub 



Handles may be made for 

 these tubs by boring two 

 holes six inches apart op- 

 posite each other and 

 running through them 

 three-quarter inch Manila rope. 



