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Planning for Summer 



BEGIN preparations this month for spring 

 and summer gardening. Spread manure 

 over the soil and spade or plow it under. The 

 manure will help the soil absorb the winter rains. 



Spread well decayed manure over the asparagus 

 beds and work it into the soil with a hoe or small 

 plow, being careful not to dig too deep. 



Soil that is to be used for growing peanuts should 

 be supplied with lime during this month, or the 

 early part of next month. Broadcast it at the 

 rate of 1,000 pounds to an acre and plow it under 

 immediately. For spreading the lime, select a 

 day when the wind is not blowing. 



Set out cabbage plants. Do not plant them 

 after green crops, such as turnips, mustard, beets, 

 cabbage, etc., for that would be likely to produce 

 black rot and other diseases. Have the cabbages 

 follow corn, but at the same time bear in mind that 

 corn draws heavily on the soil and a good quantity 

 of manure or fertilizer is needed unless the soil is 

 still very rich. 



White potatoes should be planted now in the 

 lower South, along the Gulf. Also plant tuberoses 

 and gladiolus bulbs in that section. 



Sow seed of sweet peas and garden peas. The 

 former should have been sown a month ago, but 

 if you forget to do it plant the seed now rather 

 than waiting until spring. Both sweet and garden 

 peas will stand a remarkable amount of cold, for 

 the plants are hardier when young than they are 

 when in bloom. 



Build a hotbed, and sow seeds of eggplant, tomato, 

 and pepper. 



Hardy roses may be planted. Order the plants 

 direct from a reliable nurseryman and not through 



In your rose garden plan to have varieties that 

 will give a succession of bloom all summer 



an agent, so that the roots may be out of the ground 

 as short a time as possible. When buying from 

 an agent one cannot determine just how long the 

 plants have been out of the soil. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



