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PLANTING THE FLOWER BORDER 
SPADING THE SOIL ~This operation 
may be done as soon as the 
or fall and allowed to lie i 
until spring. Turn over soil, 
break clods, remove sticks, 









a full depth. 
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Walk on a 
board when 
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for seed 

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fe Somato (sketch), pepper cauliflower, 
eqyplant, celery and cabbage, Select 
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to resist cool weather, Protect with 
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stones, and perennial weed 
roots. 
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down lumps to 
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of sowing seed (1) 
tapping packet (2) 
rubbing a pinch of 
seed between Fingers. 
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GARDEN PLANTING AND CARE 
WHAT AND WHERE 
Grow what you enjoy. Vegetables you will use and flowers that please you. 
If your garden is small, use vegetables for decoration as well as use. Pole 
beans will make an excellent screen and produce a quantity of beans from 
a short row; carrots have lovely foliage and tasty roots; chard is an excellent 
green for foliage or food. In the larger vegetable garden a band of petunias or 
marigolds add a bit of gaiety to the prim arrangement. 
Most flowers and vegetables prefer sun during most of the day. If you have 
shade, choose kinds that do best there. Arrange your plantings with some 
consideration for height of growth and season. Early flowers and vegetables 
should be replaced by later ones. Refer to page 4 for ‘Best by Test”’ varieties. 
SEEDING 
A discussion of this phase of gardening covering both flowers and vegetables 
must be general. However, the seeds of both will respond to the same treat- 
ment. Give them a well prepared soil, plant twice their diameter in depth, 
firm soil around them and keep moist. For vegetable depth see charts 
Page 31, and 32. Treating seed with chemicals to prevent rot or damping off 
is crop insurance. The cold, wet soil of early spring encourages rot and 
damping off of seeds and seedlings. Seeds of many flowers and some vegeta- 
bles are best started in protected seed beds, indoors-or in frames. These will 
be the tender ones usually maturing or flowering in late summer. After the 
weather has warmed up they may be moved outdoors. Long maturing plants 
may be brought into production much earlier by this treatment. Most all 
plants can be successfully moved if handled carefully, treated with transplant- 
ing hormones and kept well watered. During extremely hot weather a brief 
shading will help. 
WATERING IS IMPORTANT 
Watering will be necessary during the growing season. It should be done 
early enough in the day to evaporate drops of water from the leaves before 
nightfall. Water generously, soaking the soil deeply each time, rather than 
by quick “‘sprinkles’’ with the hose. In this way, the roots will grow deep, 
feed better and be protected from drouth, in case watering is missed during - 
a hot dry spell. Once every week or ten*days should be ample for most soils. 
No rules can be formulated to determine the necessity of watering. Observa- 
tion of the soil, and testing with a shovel, will best determine when to water. 
FEEDING 
The well fed garden is prepared well with humus and plant food and main- 
tained during the year by regular feeding. Humus is essential to good growth 
in flowers and quality in vegetables. It is added during or before the actual 
planting by means of cover crop, compost, peat, or manure. It should be well 
incorporated with the soil where the roots will be. This may be accompanied by 
a complete fertilizer for immediate use. Humus provides the physical environ- 
ment necessary for growth, fertilizer the plant food required. Four to six 
week applications of a complete plant food as a side dressing will maintain 
the necessary vigor of growth throughout the season. 
PEST CONTROL 
Insects and diseases can do serious damage in both the vegetable and flower 
garden, but will not if the proper care is given at the first indication of their 
presence. Sanitation is an excellent preventative and sprays and dusts are 
available in convenient form for every garden hazard. (See pages 36 and 37 
for recommendations.) For sucking insects a contact dust, or spray, for 
chewing insects a poison, for disease a fungicide. These may be obtained 
separately for each or combined into a three-way treatment applied in one 
dose for all. 
When spraying or dusting give a complete coverage of the plant. The under- 
side of leaves is often the hideout for the worst pests. A good job done 
promptly is worth a number done poorly. ~ : 
Disease and pest control is also a matter of sanitation. Clean cultivation, a 
breathing space between plants, and removal of all fall debris will work 
wonders in control. 
Vigorous plants are more resistant to the ravages of pests and disease, which 
suggests proper feeding, watering and soil care. The multitude of garden 
jobs are made less by taking a “‘stitch in time’’. 
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