This was not the light in which I hoed them.
I did not read books the first summer; I hoed beans.
After sowing, the land is harrowed, and the young plants are hoed and weeded, chiefly by women and children, from early spring until the time of flowering.
Another, turnips all hoed, Barley, Wheat, Beans weeded by sheep.
The hay or leaf mulching on the strawberry beds should be removed and the ground deeply hoed (if not removed in April in the more forward places), after which it may be placed on again to keep the fruit clean and the ground from drying.
