Kitchen Garden.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 54, 2 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Kitchen Garden.

In this department the work must nearly " be ab a standstill through the prolonged ' 'spell of web, showery weabher. Ib;is only on light soils that; anyimportant: wi>i_7 - can be done as long as the present,weather... continues. In cold, wet1 soils it is better to defer operations till the weather' becomes m better. Keep weeds in'check with the ho. as' soon as they ' make: their appearance. Thin out all advancing crops; before tliey '"'' become too large, and whenever a favourable opportunity occurs earth upisuch. crops - as may require ii All pieces of ground ,','j that may have become bare of crops during the last month should be;well manured and! . dug as soon as it becomes dry enough. .11, . dug and manured early bhey will-bein a sweeb . well-pulverised sbabe' for-'cropping as t_e7 ■ season ; advances! 7 The : siraiWberry'. break ,; should receive attention;; ran thehoebe- ~:".. tween the rows to keep weeds under; __l •f. blank spaces shoitld also be filldd up from >- the reserve stocks. Gooseberry bushes can.;' now be pruned, and root-pruned. , Insert 7 bhe spade perperidicularly all round theplants.at a .moderate distance from eacby cutbing.some of;the foots-,..this willcause,7 them to ripen off the; \v6qd better. Rasp- ". berries should also be pruned, diifihg TtmS - - nidnth. cut out.all the old shoots, leaving "■" only: a few of the best "'of., last "season's -.. shoots. Make occasional^.^gs 61 peas and.broad beans. . Plant ;"a ■'. few .early. ." potatoes indiy warm situations.." Keep the; . soil'frequently stirred Between the. rows of' - growing crops.7' All debris of.crops should' be: moved off the ground at once, and taken ... to the rot heap.. Rubbish about the garden' only : provides hiding and: breeding places ,7 •for snails ;and slugs. - The rubbish heap.,.; should occasionally receive a dusting .'of ".'I lime,' and .'.. salt.' Where slugs are trouble-/.''. some bo! seeds ,cotmng"bhr6ugh the ground,.... give dustings of lime in the evenings.. .. ' „ , Flower Garden. As in bhe kitchen-.garden,, ; many irappr; „. ; tant operations must be deferred till .the... v weabher. gets better. -, Whenever, a favour-. able opportunity occurs, all herbaceous and ,-. evergreen 'shrubs that it is intended to move •' should-Be lifted and : planted in„tHeir,per-,'-,, r m.nenb positions, i. They'should.be-planted as'soon as possible, as those,,, that, are. de..._j f erred till the spring will, neyer. succeed so , well.as the early-planted ones. -, Never plant, -;_ mi wet weather, ,or when the, .soil is .wet. . Always wait, for a few fine days, before, ' pl___t_ng. ' Afber planting stake, -firmly,,.-; so; .as -to. prevent..wind-waving,, which. is * very injurious- to ,the, .young-roofer,,; as they begin .to -grow/;, .Boxes may,,.i now be planted when, the weather . is favourable. . When-planting, give.each, plant a .gooddose, of iwell-robted manure,,,,. or'afterrSantingmuick with manure.; cq%,..j manure is the best. Pruning,pi the. roses.,,, is 'better deferred 'till., the .spring,,- -Early.-. spring, flowering.',bulbs ...should. receive: a ,; little attention. Stir the surface soil; fre-, ..- quenbly: so to .keep ; -ib .free and loose;, 'on poor soils'use a little liquid manure.,;: Camellias' should also, receiver.little Jiquid, ;i manure; it will give better flowers; 3 here.,;, too many flowers,are bursting.,thin, ptt ; ;. some of .Hem; the quality of the others,;, will thus.be improved. .Plant -,put. a,,fw, more giadiblus.'buibs for, early ''flowermg ;__-: only use bhe second .quality for ,pl« 7 now. Lawns, tennis and, other, well-kepD parts that haTd their, surface broken W season should have.bhe.parts cut,out..ana A .'.turfedaUsoonab possible, so. as to.mthem into good order before the SpriPg,, ; sets in. It is still time to .top-dress..^ttor-, pki-ts of the grass-ground. All WSgh': now be kept as short as ppssible.randroiiea - frequently with' a heavy roller. In Tpt, showery .weabher, the. soil swells.consider--: ably, and the rolling.has .bhKeffeofc of co^. , pressing' it and making.it.set^eyeLm W^. spring No matter how well *WmJfc: made?if ib is nob frequenbly rolled, it .will, soon get.out of. order. , : .;•.»,,,;.; 7 ■' ''Notes'.,'' " - ko thrifty' farmer will permit cbira' ' weeds, thistles, briars.br bushes otany kind to grow by the roadside f J«™ fields. One orTtwo days .work^eac^; for two or three i years i with a^ stout'hrasa Sythe will cause these unprofiteWe^g; of vegetation to give place to wluawe gr Acb_ig upon the fact, as stated.by B*/ . feasor Tyndall, that all pu refaction^. caused by bacteria in the .air, that these could nob penetrate , cot»» . batting, an experimenter,claims-to a , | ' thus succeeded in' preserving allJg^,J fruit in crocks, cans, and _other open i£ | ' sels. The fruit is cooked the same^sr I elnning, the vessels filled, and oojjj . I unglazed batting put over '^gj .-I tied on. The experiment is easdy^, ■ and, if successful, is valuable. >f<#*^, § certainly be available for all *****£.: | tomaboos, usually preserved The prevention of mildew on th P»£, | vine by using stakes fo'W n Sf bl»^ I been soaked in a saturobed.^tiojg | ■ vitriol, as-suggested by. the .^^ I Monthly," is worthy ol trial. +&&,;: | : nenbytotheeffecb that a recent^« | ment, where such stakes I -other, nob soaked, throughout the nJS^ | , showed that in every case wnere not sosj^, | , all the'leaves were en^'^J % m . I e A ff Sivt lSTho effect.£ f^f^% 1 ally dies out, but will last from ww g years. :.- M