CHAPTER XXVII 



WHAT TO DO MONTH BY MONTH 



THE following suggestions are for the 

 latitude of New York City. For every 

 hundred miles north or south subtract or add 

 from five to eight days. 



JANUARY 



The Vegetables 



Catalogue. Send to all the reliable seed 

 houses for their catalogues. Select varieties 

 suitable to your soil and climate. Inspect the 

 tools and order new tools to replace broken 

 ones or parts to repair old ones. 



Garden Plans. Take a careful measure- 

 ment of your garden and draw a planting plan 

 to scale. In ordering your seed make allow- 

 ance for companion and succession cropping. 

 Plan for a new strawberry bed every two or 



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