SPRING WORK IN THE 

 GARDEN 



OT much actual work can be 

 done in the garden, at the 

 north, before the middle of 

 April. But a good deal can 

 be done toward getting ready 

 for active work as soon as 

 conditions become favorable. 

 Right here let me say that 

 it is a most excellent plan to do all that can be 

 done to advantage as early in the season as pos- 

 sible, for the reason that when the weather be- 

 comes warm, work will come with a rush, and in 

 the hurry of it quite likely some of it will be 

 slighted. Always aim to keep ahead of your 

 work. 



I believe, as I have several times said, in plan- 

 ning things. Your garden may be small — so 

 small that you do not think it worth while to give 

 much consideration to it in the way of making 

 plans for it — ^but it will pay you to think over 

 the arrangement of it in advance. " Making 

 garden " doesn't consist simply in spading up a 



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