THE WEEK'S WORK
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
Take advantage of favourable conditions to plant out cabbages, cauliflowers, savoys, kale, broccoli, leeks, and celery. Sow spinach, lettuces, silver beet, and carrots. Turnips and garden swedes may also be sown in warm districts, also a further lot of dwarf beans.
Dtiring summer months it is advisable to sow lettuces thinly in rows and 1 thin out to 8 inches apart. They do not transplant too easily during hot weather. Attend to the spraying of tomatoes. Blight is most likely to occur during damp, humid weather Part of the lower foliage, where it is unduly shading the fruit, may be removed, but the plants must not be entirely denuded of foliage. Remove any spent crops, dig over the ground, and if not required for immediate recropping, sow down in blue lupin for digging in. It is not wise to leave ground vacant unless it can be frequently cultivated, as it is liable to become infested with weeds. Give liquid manure and water to such crops as beans and gourds. Do not allow them to suffer for lack of moisture.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 17
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185THE WEEK'S WORK Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 17
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