184 A LITTLE GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND 



barb rows should be put in shape as soon as 

 the weather permits. 



APRIL 



April, traditional rainy-month, cannot 

 quench the ardor of the garden-maker. Even 

 though storms compel him to remain indoors, 

 he will only be reminded that the earth is get- 

 ting into condition for his planting enthusiasm, 

 and he wiU be arranging seeds, looking over 

 tools, fixing up baskets and making labels and 

 stakes against the busy season, when there will 

 be less time for these things. 



But it will not be raining all day every day, 

 and so, here are some of the things to be at- 

 tended to outside the house: Asparagus beds 

 to be fertilized (Rhubarb beds also) ; mulching 

 to be removed from the strawberry bed, cold- 

 frames to be put in shape for the tender plants 

 that are to be transferred to them from hotbeds 

 later in the month; Box edging to be set out 

 early; Asparagus beds to be forked lightly 

 when the fertilizer has been spread over them, 

 and bulb beds to be uncovered later in the 

 month. By April fifteenth all spraying 

 should be completed. 



