A City Man's Garden 



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the point of the hoe or a wheel hoe with plow attachment 

 should be used. For shallow drills for small seeds, the tip 

 of the hoe handle is especially good. This makes a nar- 

 row drill which is easily weeded and cultivated. The 

 secret of making perfectly straight rows is to take a firm 

 grip of the hoe and make good brisk draws. For vege- 

 tables planted in hills, the holes can be made quickly with 

 the point of the hoe. AVhen several 

 rows of the same width are to be 

 planted, time can be saved by us- 

 ing a home-made marker, as shown 

 in Fig. 250. The rnnners can 

 easily be changed for rows of 

 different widths.'^ 



The home-gardener will find it 



^ 250. Hand-made marker. 



a great help to keep a simple diary 



of the operations, so that one year's work and rewards 

 may be compared with those of another year. Even old 

 hands at the business like to refresh themselves on dates 

 for planting and to compare seasons and yields. A plan 

 or diagram of the garden affords a good record. 



There will be a tight dry place for the keeping of seeds. 

 It is great joy to try a few novelties every year, whether 

 vegetables or other things. It is good schooling. The seeds 

 themselves are interesting in their fascijiating shapes and 

 markings, and in the ways they have of " coming up.'' 



The garden shown in Fig. 251 was a city back yard 

 25 X 70 feet, near ISTew York City, described in Farmers' 

 Bull. 818 : "It happened to be bounded on two sides by a 

 board fence, and advantage was taken of this fact to plant 



