THE WEEK'S WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 6

THE WEEK'S WORK

VEGETABLE GARDEN.

' Plant cabbages, cauliflowers, and tomatoes. Sow pumpkins and marrows. Plants of these may be put out in sheltered situations if available. . Plant■ kumeraa on prepared beds. ... ' . Sow runner and dwarf beans^ also peas for succession. Draw the soil up to the rows of peas already up and stake. Earth up potatoes as they grow. Further plantings may be made. Sow beet, carrots, lettuce, and radish. ■Prepare celery trenches. These must be well enriched with manure and decayed vegetable matter. Thin out all seedling crops to the required distances apart and keep'down the weeds. ■ ■ • Frequent hoeing between the rows will keep the seedlings healthy and in vigorous growth.

rLOWEB GARDEN.

Complete the planting of chrysanthemums. Continue the planting of dahlias. The ground should bo well enriched and the plants never allowed to suffer from lack of moisture. Remove the dead flowers from rhododendrons and azaleas, and mulch the bushes. ' ' . Eoses are in full flower. Spray for aphis and dust with sulphur for mildew. The latter should be dono on the hottest day possible to be fully effective. ' ~ Gladioli conns may still be planted to keep up a succession of bloom. Sow sunflowers, phlox, asters, salvias, etc. Continue the planting of bedding plants for Summer flowering. See that sweet peas are properly supported^ and keep the dead flowers picked off. . ...