THE KITCHEN GARDEN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 96, 6 April 1934, Page 15

THE KITCHEN GARDEN

Vegetable seeds to sow now:— Broad beans, onions, beetroot, silver beet, spinach, carrots, lettuce, swedes, turnips, cress. Plants and tabsr* Is •»(;—Cabbage.

leeks, cauliflower, celery, broccoli, garlic, and shallots. In former chapters we have stressed the usefulness of green manuring. Now is the time to start. Bow lupins or oats on soil that is inclined to be sour, mustard on soil that is very dry and hard. Rye grass and clover may be sown in runs for the fowls to scratch among. Cabbage and cauliflower thrive in open spaces away from the shade of fences and trees. Unless these conditions are available it would be better for the small holder to turn his atten tion to more paying crops. For the best onion seed ask for the Straw Spanish. This is a good variety for the kitchen garden, producing double the crop of Brown Spanls.' 1 nnq keeping long enough for the average household. Sow this seed in drills; one ounce of seed will produce easily 1000 plants. Scatter and rake in potash before sowing. Broad beans are often a failure because they are planted too late. Sow now and they will escape the rust and bumble bee. Plant a clump of chives in the vegetable garden and you will have the onion flavour all the year round. . Herbs should be cut back after their flowering period and new elumps of thyme planted if necessary. Sow a pinch of parsley every month and save that eternal buying. Commence earthing up early leeks and celery ns they require it. Rhubarb crops have finished and the roots should be lifted and stored for a short rest.