224 Gardening 
2. To determine the soil best suited to growing root crops. In 
your visits observe where the various root crops are usually grown. 
Do you ever find, for example, these crops planted on a dry hill- 
side? If so, how do those growing in such a location thrive in 
comparison with those growing in rich bottom land? 
3. To determine if you have planted your crop at the right time, 
Keep a record of the dates of planting for all the crops grown in 
your garden. Compare these dates with those in your table of 
planting dates and with the dates of local frost. (See Exercise 1 
on page 163.) 
Would planting at a different date have been better in any case? 
