Second month 
Morning stars — Venus, Jupiter 
February, 1914 
Twenty-eight Days 
Evening stars—Saturn, Venus 
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i. © Tack up suet and 
meat for birds and pro¬ 
vide them with water 
somehow; they suffer 
for it during ice-bound 
weather. Order manure 
for hotbeds if it is not on 
hand. Take down and 
burn Xmas greens. 
8. 3 | If you have not 
made use of the cold- 
frame yet, put sash on 
to-day and let it begin to 
thaw out. This is an im¬ 
portant part of your 
garden that needs atten¬ 
tion now. 
15. © Go over all the 
garden plans, check up, 
see that everything is in 
readiness; do any order¬ 
ing that has been over- 
looked; be sure that 
nothing is missing nor 
out of order. 
22. (§) George Wash- 
ington born 1732. = 
Renew bird supplies; -1 
chickadees are about, 3 
and there is great activ- I- 
ity in birdland—but no ; 
worms yet. 
2. @ Feast of the Puri¬ 
fication or Candlemas; 
‘‘ground-hog day.” If the 
ground-hog sees his 
shadow once during the 
day, back to his den he 
goes for six weeks more; 
winter is but half over. 
Snowdrops may bloom! 
9. 31 Transplant into 
new quarters the seed¬ 
lings of last month’s sow¬ 
ings. , Most of them will 
be large enough by now, 
but beware of frost. 
16. © Steam will be 
rising from the piled 
manure by to-day or to¬ 
morrow ; fork it over 
when this appears, turn¬ 
ing the outside inside; 
then leave to warm up 
again. 
23. C Transplant to 
hotbed seedlings that are 
ready to be moved from 
indoor flats. Raise sash 
slightly when sun shines 
directly on it, to venti¬ 
late every warm day, but 
be sure it is closed snug 
by mid-afternoon. 
3. JD First quar. sh. 
33m. A. M. 
Stack manure for hot¬ 
beds. Prepare one or two 
flats and water to be 
ready for seeding to¬ 
morrow. Look out for 
birds’ water dish daily. 
10. © Full moon oh. 
35m. P. M. 
Keep bird supplies re¬ 
newed ; new arrivals add 
to the consumers every 
day now. Robins are 
due in the latitude of 
New York. 
17. C Last quar. 4I1. 
23m. A. M. 
Cut branches of trees 
and shrubs and bring in 
for forcing the blossoms. 
Dogwood, pussy willow, 
Forsythia, laurel, cherry, 
red maple all do well. 
24. 1© New moon 7I1. 
2m. P. M. Eclipse of 
sun visible around South 
Pole. 
Start early potatoes in 
the hotbed; transplant¬ 
ing as necessary; may 
finish growth in garden 1 
or in coldframe. 
4. H Sow seeds of 
dahlias, violas, cosmos, 
ten weeks’ stock, del¬ 
phinium, digitalis, holly¬ 
hock, dianthus; cabbage, 
cauliflower, lettuce, beets, 
celeriac and celery in 
flats to-day. 
11. © Sow mustard 
seed in flats for early, 
pungent greens; force a 
plant or two of rhubarb 
by covering with a bot¬ 
tomless barrel and heap¬ 
ing manure around this; 
cover at night and when 
very cold. 
18. (§) Move deciduous 
trees and shrubs, if the 
ground allows at this 
time; too early for nur¬ 
sery material but a good 
time to transplant any¬ 
thing you may wish to 
shift that is already on 
the place. 
25. © Ash Wednesday; 
the beginning of Lent. 
Make a second sowing 
in hotbed of same vege¬ 
tables sown earlier in 
flats. 
5. ^ Sterilizing t h e 
soil to be used in flats 
kills weeds and insect 
life. It may be done by 
baking for two to three 
hours in what cooks call 
a slow oven. 
12. © Abraham Lin¬ 
coln born 1809. 
Mulch young trees, 
shrubs and the hardy 
border, if not done ear¬ 
lier, to protect from the 
thaws of this and next 
month; these are deadly. 
19. C Spread and pack 
manure for hotbed 18" 
deep; set the frames, 
deep end to the north; 
put in earth and make 
ready; put on sash and 
leave to heat up. 
26. © Cover hotbed 
sash and coldframes with 
burlap or straw mats at 
night. Spend some time 
in trimming shrubs, cut¬ 
ting out only the old 
wood. 
6. H Dress lawns 
lightly with bone meal if 
sheep manure was not 
used last month. Make 
some bird houses; they 
will be needed soon. 
13. © If the manure 
for hotbed is dry, 
sprinkle it well with 
tepid water to-day, to 
start decomposition. 
20. (§) Make cuttings of 
chrysanthemums, Paris 
daisy and begonias now 
to get plants for bloom 
indoors next fall. 
27. © Till the soil in 
hotbeds and keep a close 
watch for aphids; spray 
with soapsuds if they ap¬ 
pear. 
7. Sow seed of 
beans, carrots, cucum¬ 
bers, peppers, tomatoes, 
egg-plant and radishes in 
a flat. 
14. © St. Valentine's 
Day. 
Birds are singing 
everywhere now; fancy 
has it that they choose 
their mates to-day. 
Houses should be ready 
in place by now. 
21. Take a look at 
thermometer in hotbed 
daily. Do not venture to 
plant anything until the 
temperature has dropped 
to 90 degrees or less. 
28. © Renew bird sup¬ 
plies and keep fresh k 
water for them; once b 
they are accustomed to c< 
feed and seek water in a f 
given place they will go n 
on doing so, to the f 
garden’s great advantage c 
when insects arrive. f 
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‘Half of your corn and half of your hay, should be in your barns on Candlemas Day." 
“Rose sky at night, Sailors’ delight; Rose sky in the morning, Sailors take warning!’ 
Considerable rain and generally unsettled 
weather throughout the month probable. 
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