V 



EARLY GARDEN WORK 



AFTER planting the garden there will be 

 ^ a little interval of leisure while the seed 

 that has been put into the ground is ger- 

 minating. 



Then will come the time of early warfare 

 with the weeds. Here is where the weeding- 

 hook of which I have spoken will come into 

 play in the small garden. This little imple- 

 ment is in the form of a claw, with five or 

 six hngers, each about an inch long, and 

 shaped so that they reach into the ground 

 and take a firm hold of whatever plants they 

 are placed over. It can be so operated that 

 these fingers, working close to plants which 

 it is not desired to uproot, will tear away the 

 weeds without disturbing the other plants, 

 and the soil will be left in light and mellow 

 condition, as if a tiny rake had been drawn 

 through it. With this tool the work can be 

 done with great rapidity. No owner of a 

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