SALADS AND GREENS 



'Keep this litter in position by the use of 

 branches. Early in the spring remove the 

 straw, cut the spinach and thaw it out by plac- 

 ing the plants in cold water for an hour, and 

 you have this delicious early green ready for 

 use. 



Dandelions. Sow the seed of dandelions as 

 early as the soil may be worked. 



The drills should be fifteen to eighteen inches 

 apart, one-half inch deep, and the plants 

 thinned to ten to twelve inches apart in the 

 row. If the plants are protected by covering 

 them with any litter, straw, manure, or salt 

 hay, they will winter over and be more tender 

 in the spring than exposed plants. This prac- 

 tice is only followed far north. If two boards 

 are placed in the form of an inverted letter V 

 over the rows, the plants turn a creamy yellow, 

 become tender and lose much of their bitter- 

 ness. Dandelions do well in any well fer- 

 tilized soil having clean cultivation. In many 

 sections of the coimtry the plant grows wild. 



Mustard thrives in any soil and is sometimes 

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