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Make a fine seed bed. The finished 
Before you start to plant, sit down The best time to add fertility to ‘ J 
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 
it possible to attain perfect stands of 
plants and help small seeds to make 
a good start. 
tif available) or reeommended amounts 
of commercial fertilizer, turning it 
under as you spade. 
SOIL LEVEL 
three feet of row are enough for 
parsley, but allow lots of space for 
beans, corn, peas, and vine crops. 
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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. 
Sow seed thinly, keeping in mind 
the distance apart which the growing 
plants should be spaced in the row. ; 
Plant somewhat heavier than final abe 
spacing, and thin out the excess. 
plants while still small. 
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 
Additional fertilizer during the ~ 
growing season is of great help for 
many garden plants. Corn, melons, — 
onions, celery, and squash particu- ~ 
larly respond to this mid-season ~ 
“spot” fertilizing. © ee ty 
Draw the soil back into the furrow 
to cover the seed planted. Firm the 
soil over the seed by laying a board 
over the row and walking on it, or by 
tamping with the flat side of the rake. 
Even where summer rainfall is nor- 
mally enough to support growth, irri- 
gation in the home garden will greatly 
increase yields if practiced during 
dry spells. Follow the plan illustrated 
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is to kill weeds. It’s not necessary or control if you make a daily inspection mer squash, beans, peppers, and 
desirable to stir the soil deeply. Cul- of your garden. Begin spraying or plant will stop bearing if their frui 
tivate just deep enough to cut off dusting at the first sign of damage— aren’t removed. It is important rt 
the weeds without disturbing the don’t wait until the plants are seri- } pick these crops daily lavoro eat pro- 
roots of the garden plants. - ously injured. Bele long their bearing period. h as , 
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