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  GARDEN 
  WORK 
  FOR 
  MAY 
  

  

  By 
  Eben 
  E. 
  Rexford 
  

  

  SEED 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  safely 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  

   ground, 
  at 
  the 
  North, 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  

   May, 
  and 
  frequently 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  month. 
  Exception 
  should 
  be 
  made, 
  

   however, 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  peas 
  and 
  other 
  very 
  

   hardy 
  vegetables. 
  These 
  can 
  be 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  

   ground 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  properly 
  worked. 
  

   Development 
  will 
  be 
  slow 
  while 
  the 
  weather 
  

   remains 
  cool, 
  and 
  plants 
  from 
  seed 
  sown 
  after 
  

   the 
  weather 
  has 
  become 
  warm 
  and 
  settled 
  will 
  

   almost 
  invariably 
  get 
  the 
  start 
  of 
  those 
  from 
  

   early 
  sowings. 
  All 
  that 
  is 
  gained 
  is 
  — 
  so 
  much 
  

   work 
  is 
  disposed 
  of. 
  

  

  Weeding 
  must 
  begin 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  are 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  enable 
  one 
  to 
  distin- 
  

   guish 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  weeds. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   weeding 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  rapidly 
  and 
  well 
  by 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  cultivator. 
  But, 
  at 
  first, 
  it 
  

   will 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  pull 
  out 
  the 
  weeds 
  in 
  the 
  

   rows, 
  among 
  the 
  vegetables, 
  by 
  hand. 
  Those 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  rows, 
  where 
  it 
  would 
  hardly 
  be 
  

   safe 
  to 
  run 
  the 
  cultivator, 
  can 
  be 
  uprooted 
  

   with 
  the 
  weeding-hook 
  — 
  a 
  most 
  efficient 
  little 
  

   instrument, 
  costing 
  only 
  ten 
  or 
  fifteen 
  cents. 
  

  

  Frequently 
  seed 
  will 
  fail 
  to 
  germinate 
  

   evenly. 
  There 
  will 
  be 
  vacant 
  places 
  which 
  

   must 
  be 
  filled 
  by 
  transplanting 
  seedlings 
  from 
  

   the 
  rows 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  plants 
  than 
  can 
  

   be 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  

   safely 
  if 
  one 
  takes 
  pains 
  to 
  disturb 
  the 
  roots 
  

   as 
  little 
  as 
  possible. 
  Do 
  not 
  pull 
  up 
  the 
  seed- 
  

   ling 
  you 
  propose 
  to 
  remove, 
  but 
  pick 
  it 
  away 
  

   from 
  those 
  among 
  which 
  it 
  grows 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   piece 
  of 
  wood 
  — 
  like 
  a 
  toothpick, 
  but 
  larger 
  

   and 
  longer 
  — 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  some 
  soil 
  

   adheres 
  to 
  it 
  — 
  enough 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  exposure 
  

   of 
  the 
  tender 
  and 
  delicate 
  roots 
  to 
  the 
  air. 
  If 
  

   this 
  is 
  done, 
  and 
  a 
  cloudy, 
  lowering 
  day 
  is 
  

   chosen 
  for 
  transplanting, 
  not 
  one 
  seedling 
  out 
  

   of 
  fifty 
  need 
  be 
  lost. 
  Make 
  a 
  little 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  possible 
  in 
  depth 
  to 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  its 
  young 
  roots. 
  Take 
  the 
  plant 
  

   between 
  the 
  thumb 
  and 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  hand, 
  

   drop 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  hole, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  fingers 
  of 
  

   the 
  right 
  hand 
  draw 
  the 
  soil 
  about 
  it 
  as 
  firmly 
  

   as 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  without 
  exerting 
  much 
  pres- 
  

   sure. 
  If 
  transplanting 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  sunny 
  

   weather, 
  shade 
  the 
  plants 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   days. 
  If 
  the 
  season 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  dry 
  one, 
  

   it 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  plan 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  soil 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  about 
  the 
  plants 
  with 
  road-dust. 
  This 
  

   prevents 
  the 
  too 
  rapid 
  evaporation 
  of 
  moisture 
  

   from 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  When 
  your 
  plants 
  have 
  fairly 
  got 
  under 
  

   headway, 
  attend 
  to 
  thinning 
  out 
  the 
  rows 
  

   where 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  thick. 
  Never 
  allow 
  unnec- 
  

   essary 
  plants 
  to 
  remain 
  and 
  rob 
  the 
  others 
  of 
  

   the 
  richness 
  of 
  the 
  soil. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  beets, 
  

   or 
  other 
  vegetables 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  

   "greens," 
  this 
  thinning 
  out 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  all 
  done 
  

   at 
  once. 
  Pull 
  the 
  surplus 
  plants 
  as 
  you 
  can 
  

   make 
  use 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  word 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  for 
  the 
  dandelion. 
  

   If 
  a 
  small 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  given 
  up 
  to 
  

   this 
  plant, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  to 
  large 
  size, 
  and 
  

   the 
  rich 
  earth 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  planted 
  expedites 
  

   its 
  growth 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  that 
  its 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   tender. 
  

  

  Look 
  over 
  the 
  strawberry 
  beds 
  and 
  decide 
  

   if 
  new 
  ones 
  are 
  needed. 
  If 
  you 
  conclude 
  to 
  

   make 
  new 
  plantings, 
  let 
  the 
  old 
  bed 
  concen- 
  

   trate 
  all 
  its 
  efforts 
  on 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  fruit. 
  

   But 
  if 
  you 
  think 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  

   old 
  beds 
  for 
  another 
  season, 
  go 
  between 
  the 
  

   rows 
  with 
  the 
  garden 
  cultivator 
  and 
  tear 
  up 
  

   the 
  soil 
  well, 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  condition 
  for 
  the 
  

   reception 
  of 
  the 
  runners 
  which 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  

   the 
  row 
  will 
  send 
  out 
  by 
  and 
  by. 
  Later 
  in 
  

   the 
  season, 
  when 
  runners 
  have 
  taken 
  hold 
  of 
  

   the 
  soil 
  and 
  developed 
  into 
  strong 
  plants, 
  spade 
  

   up 
  the 
  old 
  plants. 
  Turn 
  them 
  under. 
  In 
  this 
  

  

  