160 SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDEN WORK BY MONTHS 



thoroughly plowed and harrowed. Keep the ground well stirred 

 every week or two. 



Flowers.— Make your plans for the flower beds for the season. 

 Some embellishment of the home garden by the use of flowers 

 along with vegetables is sometimes planned. 



In the coldframes or hotbeds start seeds of a number of flowers 

 such as petunias, pyrethrum, cyclamen, scarlet sage, Chinese 

 primrose, verbenas, lobelias, heliotropes, and asters. Do not let 

 the seedlings crowd too much. Several transplantings may be 

 advisable. 



Start in coldframes cannas, dahlias, tuberoses, gladiolus, and 

 caladiums. These should be ready to transplant to the open beds 

 as soon as danger of frost is over. 



Hardy flowers started this month in the hotbeds may be trans- 

 planted to the open garden by the last of February. Pansies that 

 have been covered all winter should be uncovered now. Dig the 

 soil around them and add some fertilizer or manure. Make the 

 cuttings of chrysanthemums and carnations if these have not 

 already been started. 



Start cuttings of coleus for bedding plants so they will be of good 

 size for use in the garden after frost is over. 



Be sure to plant sweet peas and perennial phlox this month if it 

 was not done earlier. 



MARCH 



Vegetables. — Transplant to the open garden the cabbage and 

 cauliflower plants yet remaining in the beds. If the celery plants 

 are large enough they may be set out now. In favorable seasons a 

 few of the tender vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, 

 and sweet potatoes may be set out, with a venture, in the garden 

 now. Leave most of them until danger of frost is over. 



Early in March make additional plantings of the hardy vegeta- 

 bles, such as turnips, radish, lettuce, spinach, endive, garden peas, 

 carrots, parsnips, mustard and salsify. More plantings of kohl- 

 rabi and Brussels sprouts may be made this month. 



Before the ground begins to dry or become crusty the winter 

 onions should be cultivated (Fig. 94). 



If the early potatoes are not yet planted, plant Irish Cobblers 

 early this month. 



If the ground seems warm and the spring is early, try a few 

 tender vegetables by planting seeds of sweet corn, snap beans, 



