AMONG THE VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 26

AMONG THE VEGETABLES

, Efforts should be made to get the various crops sown whenever , the soil is in fit condition. Do not sow while it is very wet. Make sowings at intervals of lettuces, radishes, spinach, and peas. Plant potatoes on well-drained land. Allow sufficient room between the rows for ample earthing up. Sow carrots, parsnips, turnips, beet, and other hardy crops. Weed and thin all seedling crops while quite small. , Sow under glass for planting out later tomatoes, pumpkins,'mar- ' rows, etc. Dig brer all vacant ground. Manure or lime as required. Cabbages and peas as well as potatoes benefit by earthing up. Sprinkle a little superphosphate along the rows before drawing up the soil. Plant rhubarb. The ground must be well dug and manured. Allow 3 feet between the roots. Mint may be propagated quite readily from small pieces of root. A. moist position suits the herb. Once established the trouble is to keep it within bounds. A good plan is to sink some old iron in the ground around the bed. Peas, whether dwarf or tall, are the better for staking, as it keeps them oft the ground, and to some extent away from slugs.