"But it must be finer yet for some things, like lettuce and tomatoes,"
said Mr. Blake. "So I'll use a hand rake."
"Can't we help too?" Hal wanted to know.
"Yes, I want you and Mab to do as much garden work as you can. In that way
you'll understand how to make things grow. And remember the more you work
around in the garden, digging up the earth above the roots of your plants,
keeping the weeds cut down, the better your things will grow. Making a
garden is not easy work, but, after all think what a wonderful lot the
seeds and plants do for themselves. Still we must help them."
"When can I plant my beans?" asked Mab.
"Well, pretty soon now. Make your part of the garden, where you are going
to plant your beans, as smooth as you can. Then mark it off into rows. You
should plant your beans in rows with the rows about two feet apart, and
put the beans in each row so they are about four inches, one from the
other. That will give the plants room enough to spread."
"How do I plant my corn?" asked Hal.
"Well, corn must be planted a little differently from beans," answered
Daddy Blake. "You should have your rows from two to three feet apart and
each hill of corn should be from a foot to a foot and a half from the next
hill.
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