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After the ground is spaded or plowed, thoroughly rake or 

 harrow it. Never allow lumps to show on top from now on. 



Get the hed' or portion of the garden into the condition 

 which you want it.- Add well-rotted manure in abundance 

 where needed, probably everywhere. Drain wet places, if 

 this was not done the preceding fall. Add lime and wood 

 ashes to any low, heavy soils. Sand may be brought in for 

 use in places where nursery seedlings are to be started. A 

 sandy bed is available for many special purposes. 



Additional sowings of lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, radishes 

 and perhaps peppers, egg-plants and tomatoes may be made 

 in the hotbed. 



The hotbeds need more attention this month because of the 

 variations in weather. Watch the ventilation more carefully. 

 Early plantings must be thinned and transplanted. Give them 

 plenty of room. Toward the end of the month some hardening 

 for a few kinds may be advisable. 



Out-doors it is well to make an early start with early 

 potatoes, lettuce, radishes, peas, beets, onion sets, spinach and 

 others. These may be put in at a risk, but if they get through 

 the late cold snaps, you are that much ahead. 



The windows should be full this month with the trans- 

 planted things. Use all available berry baskets, tin cans, 

 wooden boxes and pasteboard boxes from the grocery. A 

 little crowding of the space this month will be relieved later. 



This is the best time to plant perennial vegetables. Be 

 sure to set out asparagus and rhubarb roots. 



Trees, Fruits and Lawn. — Early this month is the last 

 ch&nce to prune dormant trees and shrubs. Have all planting 

 of new trees or shrubs completed in March, if possible. Do not 

 wait for Arbor Day, if it is set too late. At least have all 

 plans well laid and the things to be planted heeled-in where 

 they will take no harm. 



The lawns should be put in good shape. Eoll the sod to' 

 press down the roots and crowns well. 



