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PLANTING THE GARDEN 



MOST persons make the serious mistake 

 of covering garden seed too deeply. 

 Very small seed needs hardly any covering. 

 Indeed, it does its best, as a general thing, 

 when simply scattered on the surface and 

 pressed down into the soil by a smooth board. 

 This embeds the seed in the soil, which is 

 made firm enough under the pressure of 

 the board to retain a sufl&cient amount 

 of moisture to assist germination. Very 

 fine seed often fails to sprout if covered too 

 deeply. 



But most of the seed of garden vegetables 



is not fine enough to admit of this method of 



planting. If a seed-sower is not used, little 



furrows should be made by drawing a stick 



through the soil, into which the seed should 



be dropped as evenly as possible. It should 



then be covered lightly and the soil should 



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