Garden Tools
The best small garden tools are a “Ladies’ Set,” for they are strong and yet small and pleasant to handle.
A fork for digging; a rake and a hoe and a “cultivator” are necessary.
To Dig up the Garden
1. Drive the fork down into the ground, with your left foot on top of the prongs, and lift the clod of earth high enough to turn over.
2. After dropping it, “spank” it apart into little lumps and dust.
Commence this work at the back of the garden, and step backward over the untouched earth, until you have covered the entire plot. Begin at the left-hand corner “A” and across to the right.
In this way, you will not step on the loosened soil, nor pack it down.
Of course, in large fields, this work is done with a plow.
