THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

Get any previously dug ground ready for sowing. Raised beds are the best means of growing winter crops. Seed of Lettuce and Radish should be sown to keep up a supply. Cabbage and Cauliflowers can be sown. Where plants are obtainable they can be planted out. A sowing of Broad Beans can be made. These are more suitable for heavy soils and cold districts. . , Celery should be moulded up as it requires it. Remove all side growths and bad leaves before adding the soil. Leeks require the soil pulling up to them. These will also respond to liquid manure. ~ . Silver Beet planted now will, give a supply of a-green vegetable in Kumaras should be dug as soon as the tubers are WheiTdigging Potatoes pick out any that are required for planting. Seed Potatoes should be boxed so as to sprout ready for planting. Prepare ground for planting early Potatoes. , , , Prepare ground for Strawberry planting, add a good dressing ot bonedust, also potash. Clear away all rubbish and bury it deeply. An open trench, at least . thirty inches deep is a good place for rubbish. As it gets filled it can be covered in and another one opened. It is good for the soil and will turn rubbish into good plant food.