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GARDEN GUIDE 



A little frame against a basement 

 window 



off weeds . A small hand cultivator 

 is now on the market having prongs 

 which are easily removed or of which 

 the cutting angle may be changed. 



Many will feel that a wheel 

 hoe is a very useful accessory tool; it 

 will certainly come in handy, and 

 can be used for hoeing, cultivating, 



furrowing, hiUing up or raking. Combination seed drills and wheel hoes 

 are also very serviceable. For the larger vegetable garden the seed 

 drill is most useful. With a seed drill the furrow can be opened, 

 the seed sown, covered, the soil compacted over the row and the next 

 row marked. 



A wheelbarrow will surely be wanted; a good type 

 is shown in the sketch. Some wheelbarrows are poorly 

 balanced and are difficult to handle in the garden. 



Small dibbles of different sizes for making holes 

 are popular with many but they should be used with 

 caution in heavy soils that are likely to be compacted 

 by their use. Often a narrow bladed trowel is a safer 

 and more efficient tool. 



Pruning shears which are procured at ridiculously 

 low prices are never worth anything. 

 They are not sharp and injure the 

 plants because in attempting to cut a 

 branch, it is pinched and crushed. 

 Good steel shears should be chosen fitted 

 with strong springs which will cause 

 them to open after cutting. The larger 

 hedge and grass shears should also have 

 these springs, otherwise they are a 

 nuisance. 



For the lawn we need as well as 

 the standard ball-bearing lawn mower, 

 a narrower one for trimming the edges; 

 if you have much lawn you will appre- 

 ciate the value of this machine for trim- 

 ming to the very edge. A wooden leaf 

 rake or one of those with bent wire 

 teeth will enable you to keep the lawn 

 neat without tearing the turf as usually 

 Tall and short supports for Beans ^^curs when the ordinary Steel rake is 



other climbing plants used . 



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