FOR GARDENERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 3

FOR GARDENERS.

WUHK. rUn IU-Uftl. ' 'The season of planting and sowing is stil vigorous. . The excellent rain will give ai impetus to all things growing, and -porhapi Btir up the gardeners themselves.' 'A subur ban garden that is one's own is such a sweo place that an owner of phlegmatic, inclina tions —and that includes a lot of us —is oftei tempted to sit on a rustic seat and smoki and ruminate, instead of working. Are then not some wives who can fit their husbands to that description ? Thero is, of course, n< law against smoking and ruminating on : rustic seat in a suburban garden. A boy wh< climbs - for an apple' is surely entitled to i bite. But the danger.is.that while the ownoi ruminates his garden may remain undug, oi unlioed, or implanted-; and tho aphis may be devouring his roses. There are somi of us, of course, whoso gardens are so minia ture that we could dig them all over in. ai afternoon. But there are others, who havi larger areas, and if they let. them go un tilled thoy don't deserve, in a cramped plact like Wellington, to keep them. Every gardei should bo neatly planned,: so that there ari no wide waste strips of weeds here \ ah( thero,. particularly around the outsides, 'oc cupying ground that ought to be growin; rhubarb or cabbages or new potatoes. Glanci round between your puffs of tobacco smoke and if your garden is not neat, or there an vacant plots in which no seeds or ecoftomii plants are growing, then tap your, pipe on th< heel of your .boot, stow it into your pocket, am get up and shake yourself. •It is not a nar coti'c tliat you need. It is a' tonic. ' Fetcl out your-spade and dig something. If yoi cannot remember i'anything: that is wanted and you - have vacant, ground idle, your-, wif i will .probably, assist, you with suggestions. Ii thero anyihing in this list that 'might, temp you -for' planting out P— -Tomatoes- Lettuce Potatoes ' Asparagus f : • Shallots - Cauliflower '■>' ,?v Ivumeras Or ,inj this list for sowing- seeds?—; , Beans of all kinds -. Cabbage . Peas . ■ Brussel sprouts Radish.-. Cauliflower- ■ Beet" • ' . ■ Kohl rabi • Turnips v ! ' . Spinach ' • Parsnips - . Cress'" .Carrots■ Mustard ' - Marrows '' Oiiions ' ' Pumpkin's,,, " ' Celery ' If'%y weather follow the showers, of .yesterday; there should be an attempt made tc hoe the surface between' rows and arouric plants." But this must not tramping on wet soil-' Some; people' use' a 'couple oi boards ,to "step on. . Where-there are narrow bpdsj . the soil can often be all reached .to b( hoed and raked from these paths themselves and in such ..cases'' tho-loosening of 'the siir-facerz-not. more , than half an inch deep now —wiHnhelp.to preserve the • precious -moistttre»inat tho soils now contain, and prevenl a falFin soil .temperature. The.felling ol weeds by this process is quite,- secondary for in a well ; tilled giirjden very feii ffeedsvgrow 'among tlie- watohfulness, will, be required against, slugs afte'i and the fungus Tilight-s. of- potatoes and. other, plants': are; likely to develo; in serious epidemic iormr- Where potatt fields on-farms are 'unsprayed and potatoe: are much advanced," great • ' disaster • fron bh'ght may-now be looked for.- ; s -Weak.soot water or.other liquid manures of .nitrogenous contents . may be appliec wherever .-rapijJ>; defelopmentii;;isa:>;de"sired There j,s . less idangct- of -injury from . over-dping-rit. ,whem?the.|ground:is -wet it .because-in-a wet soil' the" dose 'becomes | diluted by the'moisture, in the soil.