Now is the time when the slacker is uncovered; crops need persistent attention in cultiva- Gather the harvest as fast as the crops mature, and this is especially true for the home 



tion and weeding garden where quality is largely a matter of will 



THE GARDEN MOVIES, No. 7 



Tke problem of midsummer is keeping up 



■vCitK maturing crops and sowing 



seeds for succession 



Harvest everything as soon as ready\ 



Keep crops moving and tke 



ground constantly occupied 



Press into service old berry baskets, cartons, shingles, Clear out all rows just as soon as they have reached 



etc., to shield newly transplanted rows. The shock of Water the rows before seed is sown. Bad stand in mid- their maximum of yield and use the ground for a succession 



removal is great summer is usually due to lack of adequate moisture crop. 



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