WORK FOR OCTOBER

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 20, 18 October 1941, Page 14

WORK FOR OCTOBER

Vegetable Garden Plant the main potato crop and earth up earlier crops. Sow lettuce and radishes at fortnightly intervals to ensure a succession of salad greens. The main carrot crop should now be sown. Sow peas for succession at intervals oL three weeks. Sow spinach, onions, parsnips, broccoli. cabbage and cauliflower. .... Plant onions in finely worked rich, but light soil. Flower Garden Sow antirrhinums, aubretia, asters, calendulas, calliopsis, clarkia, cornflower, geutns, godetia, larkspur, pansies, polyanthus. stocks, sweet peas, zinnias. Ptant out antirrhinums, aubretia. asters, nemesia. stocks, delphiniums, hollyhocks, lupins, lobelia, verbena, violas, pansies, petunias, and phlox. Sow a patch in mignonette. Select a rich, fairly light soil. Continue to plant gladioli. Prick in a little superphosphate among vour bearded irises. A few chimps of golden rod (solidago) make an effective background to the herbaceous border. Prepare the soil for planting out dahlias in early November. Dahlias do best in a soil that is rich in humus and in a sunny position. Japanese irises must never lack for water now. The size of the blooms will depend to a targe extent on the water supply. , , Weeds are growing and seeding rapidly. therefore keep the hoe busy at every opportunity. A clump of cannas makes a bold show in a sunny position. These plants need rich soil and plenty of moisture during the period of growth.