CHAPTER XIX 



WORK AFTER PLANTING 



Dont's. 



General cleaning up. 



Planting of observation 



plots. 



Cultivating stick. 

 Garden lines. 

 Sawdust boxes. 

 Earthworm box 

 Sprouting plants. 

 Weeds. 

 Using the cultivating 



stick. 



Path making. 

 Getting familiar with the 



seeds. 



Insects. 



Birds. 



Transplanting lettuce. 



The first radish. 



Thinning beets and car- 

 rots. 



Watering the plants. 



Care in every detail. 



Two stalks of corn only. 



Fixing the plot after har- 

 vest. 



Cover crop. 



Sod borders. 



Don'ts. Don't cultivate the plots until the vege- 

 tables are up enough to mark the rows. 



Don't straighten the small paths until the vegetables 

 are up enough to mark the rows. 



Don't cultivate with tools nearer than within two 

 inches of vegetables. 



Don't water after cultivating. 

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