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small seeds, where a really shallow drill is 

 required, use a sharpened stick or a plant label. 

 Always use labels of some description to tell 

 where each vegetable is planted. Twelve-inch garden 

 labels cost but a cent apiece, but if you feel you 

 cannot afford to buy them, use strips of shingles. 

 Always mark the variety and date of sowing on 

 the label. If you mark the same thing on your 

 garden plan it will certainly help you next year 

 when planning your garden. 



As soon as you have decided on the plans of 

 your garden, spend another evening or two writing 

 the labels. Include the number of the row accord- 

 ing to the plan, and the approximate date of sow- 

 ing, as well as the kind and variety of vegetable. 

 If you do this you will bless yourself about April, 

 when otherwise you would be scurrying around 

 looking for bits of stick to mark the rows, or 



the pencil that had fall- 

 en out of your pocket, 

 or trying to make the 

 packet that the seeds 

 came in stay in its place 

 in spite of the wind that 

 continually blew it 

 away. Label the berry 

 bushes, the grape vines 

 and the fruit trees indi- 

 vidually, especially if you 



Ti,= =n/n„» n«™, «■.„♦.„*» +»,. have several varieties. 

 Tne siiaiug cover Drotects the 



writing and makes the simple form ihe All-Season Crops. 



of label suitable for the ceremilal Starting frnm nrif K.\c\e- 



vegetable beds, and the berry rows ^^^rting trom one Side 



