THE WEEK'S WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 21

THE WEEK'S WORK

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Harvest onions, potatoes, marrows, pumpkins, etc., as soon as mature. "Perfectly sound vegetables of good shape and size only should be chosen for storing, all others being put aside for immediate use. Dry. airy conditions are essential for successful storage. Ah overhaul of all stored vegetables should be made periodically so that any showing sighs of decay may be removed before they contaminate others. Hoeing, weeding, and thinning of seedling crops require special attention. Weeds grow and mature very quickly at this season. Winter greens of various kinds can be planted. Dipping the tops into a solution of arsenate of lead before planting will keep them free from- "fly.!* Lettuces may be sown- or planted in deeply-worked soil which ' has been well enriched'with manure and humus. Leeks may still be planted for winter supply, They require rich ■ ground-and the. plants:must be'kept moist. Those which were planted earlier should: be, earthed,, up. as. they grow. Celery also- requires; earthing- up. Be careful to keep the soil out of the,hearts, when, earthing up. Clean up all. vacant plots..,dig, over and sow down in blue lupin ' for1 digging in later.