Garden Hints

Very fine flower seeds when planted should be very lightly covered. If before they show through a heavy rain storm threatens, cover them up with straw or deep enough to prevent heavy rain from beating the small seeds into the soil and plastering the patch over with a coat of mud, which, when the stin shines, will bake and prevent the seed from coming through. After the storm is over rake off the covering and you will find the surface wet, but not muddy nor flattened down over the seed. All seeds must have loose soil over them or they will die in their struggles to come up. Watch your seedlings as you would any other infant. An expert gardener never fears a wet jacket nor muddy boots, but vromen should avoid both.