SIMPLE GARDENING METHODS 



the loose earth. The seed should be sown quite thick and 

 evenly, using about one pound to sixteen feet square of sur- 

 face. Grass seed should be planted when there is no wind, 

 as this is the only way to avoid uneven distribution, the seed 

 being very light. Cover with a layer, one-quarter to three- 

 eighths of an inch thick, of finely sifted manure. Sprinkle 

 and keep moist until the grass is well up. It does no harm 

 to sprinkle the surface while the sun shines, if the manure 

 covering has been used. In fact, it is better to give the sur- 

 face three sprinklings during a warm and bright day instead 

 of only one heavy watering. The sprouting time of the seed 

 is the most critical, for if the seed once becomes dried, the 

 tender sprout is killed, or sickened, and the grass may not 

 come up at all. A good rolling when the grass is up will 

 strengthen and improve it. The weeds should be removed 

 by the time they are two inches high. 



"During the spring and summer months a lawn abun- 

 dantly watered should be clipped and raked every week or 

 ten days. The surface of a newly made lawn should not 

 be marred by footsteps ; if the surface must be crossed, use a 

 board for a pathway. It is also a great injury to young 

 grass to drag a hose over it." 



Of what shall your lawn be constituted? Now, I like 

 the soft, tender green of Kentucky blue grass, and nothing 

 else will satisfy me, although a generous sprinkling of white 

 clover adds to the charm on those rare occasions when I have 

 time to indulge myself in resting on some grassy spot. 



There are people who say they prefer Lippia repens, 



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