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  GARDEN 
  WORK 
  FOR 
  APRIL 
  

  

  By 
  Eben 
  E. 
  Rexford 
  

  

  THIS 
  is 
  the 
  busy 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  As 
  

   soon 
  as 
  the 
  ground 
  becomes 
  dry 
  enough 
  

   to 
  work 
  to 
  advantage, 
  spade 
  it 
  up. 
  

   Throw 
  it 
  up 
  in 
  clods 
  without 
  attempting 
  to 
  

   pulverize 
  it. 
  This 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  done 
  successfully, 
  

   until 
  air 
  and 
  sunshine 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  do 
  

   their 
  work 
  upon 
  it. 
  After 
  being 
  exposed 
  for 
  

   a 
  few 
  days 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  elements 
  it 
  will 
  

   be 
  in 
  a 
  condition 
  to 
  disintegrate 
  readily. 
  Then 
  

   — 
  and 
  not 
  till 
  then 
  — 
  work 
  it 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  

   with 
  the 
  hoe 
  and 
  spade 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  mellow 
  and 
  

   fine. 
  

  

  Add 
  to 
  it, 
  as 
  you 
  pulverize 
  it, 
  whatever 
  

   fertilizer 
  you 
  decide 
  on 
  using. 
  Incorporate 
  

   this 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  If 
  barnyard 
  manure 
  is 
  not 
  obtainable, 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  can 
  be 
  substi- 
  

   tuted 
  to 
  good 
  advantage. 
  Before 
  deciding 
  on 
  

   any 
  kind, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  advisable 
  to 
  consult 
  

   some 
  practical 
  farmer 
  or 
  gardener, 
  or 
  dealer 
  

   in 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  get 
  his 
  opinion 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  

   best 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  your 
  locality. 
  Soils 
  

   vary 
  greatly, 
  and 
  what 
  may 
  answer 
  perfectly 
  

   in 
  one 
  place 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  what 
  is 
  needed 
  ten 
  or 
  

   fifteen 
  miles 
  away. 
  

  

  Plowing 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  advantage 
  in 
  

   small 
  pieces 
  of 
  ground, 
  such 
  as 
  comprise 
  the 
  

   average 
  garden. 
  Of 
  course 
  plowing 
  does 
  away 
  

   with 
  considerable 
  hard 
  labor 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  gardener, 
  and 
  it 
  expedites 
  matters 
  con- 
  

   siderably, 
  but 
  results 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  good 
  where 
  

   the 
  spade 
  is 
  used, 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  thoroughly. 
  The 
  

   soil 
  must 
  be 
  turned 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  a 
  foot 
  

   at 
  least. 
  One 
  argument 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  plow 
  is, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  will 
  

   be 
  turned 
  over 
  by 
  it, 
  while 
  if 
  spading 
  is 
  de- 
  

   pended 
  on, 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  that 
  between 
  the 
  

   rows 
  will 
  be 
  skipped. 
  This 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be, 
  

   for 
  while 
  plants 
  in 
  rows 
  do 
  not 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  

   unspaded 
  soil, 
  they 
  should 
  receive 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  

   of 
  benefit 
  from 
  it, 
  and 
  this 
  they 
  can 
  not 
  do 
  

   unless 
  it 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  stirred 
  and 
  kept 
  free 
  

   from 
  weeds. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  plan 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  garden 
  plowed 
  every 
  other 
  year, 
  if 
  it 
  can 
  

   be 
  done. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  cultivator 
  in 
  

   the 
  paths, 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  will 
  keep 
  the 
  

   soil 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  admission 
  of 
  air, 
  and 
  moisture, 
  

   and 
  prevent 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  weeds. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  cultivator, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  tool 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden, 
  par 
  excellence, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  

   to 
  advantage 
  unless 
  vegetables 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  

   rows, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  turns 
  that 
  must 
  be 
  

   made 
  when 
  one 
  attempts 
  to 
  use 
  it 
  in 
  beds. 
  If 
  

   the 
  rows 
  run 
  lengthwise 
  of 
  the 
  garden, 
  but 
  few 
  

   turns 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  made. 
  You 
  will 
  go 
  up 
  

   one 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  row, 
  and 
  back 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  

   and 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  little 
  waste 
  of 
  time 
  or 
  

   labor, 
  but 
  in 
  cultivating 
  the 
  short 
  rows 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  across 
  a 
  bed 
  more 
  time 
  and 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  

   expended 
  on 
  the 
  turns 
  you 
  have 
  to 
  make 
  than 
  

   on 
  the 
  bed 
  itself, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   do 
  as 
  good 
  work, 
  or 
  make 
  the 
  garden 
  look 
  well. 
  

  

  Seed-sowing 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  careless, 
  rapid 
  work 
  

   that 
  many 
  amateur 
  gardeners 
  seem 
  to 
  think 
  it. 
  

   Neither 
  is 
  it 
  the 
  difficult, 
  complicated 
  work 
  

   that 
  one 
  often 
  gets 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  after 
  

   reading 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  elaborate 
  advice 
  of 
  fussy 
  

   gardeners. 
  When 
  your 
  soil 
  is 
  in 
  proper 
  condi- 
  

   tion, 
  work 
  out 
  the 
  rows 
  plainly 
  before 
  anything 
  

   else 
  is 
  done. 
  Get 
  them 
  straight 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   a 
  line. 
  Then 
  run 
  a 
  stick 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  blunt 
  

   point 
  along 
  the 
  row, 
  being 
  careful 
  to 
  just 
  stir 
  

   the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  enough 
  to 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  

   easily 
  follow 
  the 
  row 
  after 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  re- 
  

   moved. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  depres- 
  

   sion 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  seed 
  of 
  

   ordinary 
  vegetables, 
  as 
  some 
  seem 
  to 
  think. 
  

   Scatter 
  the 
  seed 
  evenly. 
  Sow 
  thickly 
  enough 
  to 
  

   make 
  sure 
  of 
  sufficient 
  plants 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  row. 
  

   If 
  there 
  are 
  too 
  many, 
  surplus 
  ones 
  can 
  easily 
  

   be 
  pulled 
  out. 
  It 
  is 
  better 
  to 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  

   are 
  needed 
  than 
  not 
  enough, 
  for 
  that 
  means 
  

  

  