CALENDAR FOR SOUTHERN STATES 251 



JANUARY 



Vegetables. — Plan the school garden early. Every home 

 garden should have more vegetables than before. There is 

 money in vegetable gardening. Let the size of the garden be 

 increased (Fig. 130). 



Sweet potatoes may be started in a coldframe or hotbed to 

 produce plants for setting in the open about March or April. 



Fig. 130. — The school garden is to train for home gardening. The culture, 

 arrangement, crops, etc., should be like those to he used at home. (Photo from 

 Children's Flower Mission.) 



Wait for the sunny days and give them plenty of air. They 

 must be hardened off before planting. Use hotbeds or window 

 boxes to start celery seed in January. 



White or Irish potatoes may be planted before the month 

 is over, if the soil and weather are fit. 



Asparagus may be started from seed sown this month. 

 Seedling plants started last year may be transplanted to 



