Tools for the Garden 105 
ing seeds after they are 
sown. A dibble is used’ 
in transplanting plants, 
especially into flats ; but 
a planting peg, equally 
effective, may easily be 
made from a 7-inch 
piece of a broom handle. 
Whittle one end to a 
tapering but blunt point, 
and round off the other 
end to fit into the hol- 
low of the hand. Pegs 
of smaller size (Fig. 110) 
may be made for trans- 
planting very small seed- 
lings. 
For laying out and 
planting in straight rows 
of even distance apart, 
arule or measuring stick 
% Fic. 60. A wheel hoe is very useful in a 
and a line and stakes large garden. With it the plants can be 
are needed. An old cultivated much more rapidly than with a 
hand hoe or rake. 
clothesline or a heavy 
cord long enough to reach across the garden will do. 
If the garden is laid out in beds, the line should be 
stretched at each side of the bed and the rows planted 
at right angles to these. Using a planting board about 
8 feet long and 1 foot wide not only keeps the bed 
from being trampled but also makes it easier to get the 
rows straight and properly spaced. 
