GARDEN YARD ^^ 



Plan your work and work your plan. 



In the month of January prepare for spring 

 work in your garden. Whether you devote 

 your plot to vegetables or fruit, lay it out now 

 in your own mind or, better still, on paper. Get 

 catalogues from seedsmen who advertise. Most 

 of them get their catalogues out in January. 

 They are business men and know the value of 

 an early start. Make up your mind what you 

 want to grow, being sure to plan for plenty of 

 the things you eat, — and then select the things 

 you mean to experiment with during the com- 

 ing year. Follow a well-arranged planting- 

 table, such as was published in Suburban Life, 

 of New York City, in March, 1908. 



If you have fruit trees on your plot, this is a 

 good time to begin to spray them. If you don't 

 get ahead of insects and diseases, they will soon 

 get ahead of you. If you intend to do any 

 grafting, secure the cions now and keep them 

 buried in sand in a cold cellar, or even out of 

 doors, until the sap begins to rise in the trees. 

 Then you are ready to work without loss of time. 

 If there are holes in the trees, clean them out 

 and fill with cement. You won't have time for 

 this in the spring, and the gypsy-moth, or some 

 relative of his, will select the hole as a ready- 

 made breeding-place. Paint all wounds or 



