GARDEN PROJECT CALENDAR 15 
AUGUST 
1. Care and cultivation. Continue the care and 
cultivation as suggested for the other summer months. 
The season may become dry and hot, but proper care 
and cultivation may often win out against these odds. 
Do not allow any weeds to go to seed. 
2. Late planting. Late plantings of beans, beets, 
sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots and mustard may be 
feasible in some seasons at this time, even in middle 
latitudes. 
3. Harvesting. Continue the harvesting of garden 
crops maturing this month. Study and practice good 
methods of grading, bunching, packing, basketing, and 
otherwise marketing the garden vegetables you have 
for sale. : 
4. Canning. (See special calendar for this work.) 
5. Visiting. Visit home and truck gardens to com- 
pare crops, methods, etc., with those of your own. 
SEPTEMBER AND OTHER AUTUMN MonrTHs 
1. Visiting gardens. Visit home and truck gardens 
if possible to observe and study how the fall crops are 
handled. Get definite ideas of the yields of the various 
crops and of the prices and costs of production. 
2. Visiting markets. Visit the city markets and 
note the assortment of vegetables, prices, packages, 
and where they were grown. Make written reports of 
these observations in your notebook. 
3. Finishing work. Finish marketing, canning and 
storing all vegetables from your garden. Allow nothing 
to go to waste. 
4,- Fairs. If there is to be a local fair or exhibit 
