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Before you start to plant, sit down j The best time to add fertility to ; Make a fine seed bed. The finished 
with pencil and paper and plan your your soil is when you spade the gar- condition of your soil, with all clods 
garden to fit your space. Just two or den. Cover the ground with manure broken and well pulverized, will make 
three feet of row are enough for if available) or reeommended amounts it possible to attain perfect stands of 
parsley, but allow lots of space for of commercial fertilizer, turning it plants and help small seeds to make 
beans, corn, peas, and vine crops. under as you spade. a good start. 
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Sow seed thinly, keeping in mind 
the distance apart which the growing 
plants should be spaced in the row. 
Plant somewhat heavier than final 
spacing, and thin out the excess 
plants while still small. 
Vegetable seeds should be planted 
at the depths indicated on the chart 
above. Some kinds should be just 
barely covered, while others, like 
peas, may be planted even deeper 
than indicated if soil is sandy. 
A string drawn tight between two 
stakes will help you make straight 
rows. Draw a line with a stick for 
shallow furrows, or with a hoe for 
deeper ones, depending on the kind of 
seed to be planted 
Draw the soil back into the furrow Even where summer rainfall is nor- Additional fertilizer during the — Ai 
Poncoveruhersecd planted. Firm the mally enough to support growth, irri- growing season is of great help for — 
: : gation in the home garden will greatly many garden plants. Corn, melons, 
soil over the seed by laying a board increase yields if practiced during onions, celery, and squash particu- , 
over the row and walking on it, or by dry spells. Follow the plan illustrated larly respond to this mid-season 
tamping with the flat side of the rake. above. : “spot” fertilizing. 
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The principal reason for cultivation It’s not hard to keep pests under - Many crops, like cucumbers, sum- _ 
is to kill weeds. It’s not necessary or control if you make a daily inspection mer squash, beans, peppers, and egg 
desirable to stir the soil deeply. Cul- of your garden. Begin spraying or plant will stop bearing if their fruits 
tivate just deep enough to cut off dusting at the first sign of damage— aren’t removed. It is important to © 
the weeds without disturbing the don’t wait until the plants are seri- | pick these crops daily in order to pro- 2 
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roots of the garden plants. ously injured. long their bearing period. 
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