Excerpt from Gardening Made Easy: A Simple Handbook to the Garden
Digging and forking and Korma - This is a necessary but simple process. The beginner is advised to buy a light steel spade and fork, as these render the labour easier. The tool blade or tines should be new and long, to move the soil as deep as possible - say, to a depth of twelve inches. The soil should be trenched, and on another page a description of what is meant by trenching will be found. Forking means moving the soil a few inches in depth, such as among growing crops. Forking up, as the gardener calls it. Is very helpful to the crops, provided that the roots are not injured in any way. The soil is rendered porous, and receives moisture from the air more readily. Boeing - that is, using an implement called a hoe - is a most necessary operation. The chief object of it is to destroy weeds, but it is of importance because it loosens the surface of the soil and lets in light and air to the roots. During spring and summer the hoe should be in constant use.
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