OPERATIONS FOR JUNE.

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1931, Page 7

OPERATIONS FOR JUNE.

3 _ I THE VEGETABLE GARDEN S : i ■■ - j Manure ami prepare the ground for the early onion crop. If the j I ground is on the Hat, raise? the bod an inch or two above the j i general level. The early crop may be transplanted any Line | 1 now. Fairly well grown seedlings should be used. i 1 Potatoes for early crop should be sprouted. Place them in shallow j I boxes, taking care that the end containing most of the buds | 1 or eyes is uppermost. Expose the tubers to the sun to green j I them, and to form short sturdy shoots. If the. tubers show a j I disinclination to sprout, place them in a warm place and j | cover with a wet sack, which should be removed as soon as | } the shoots have started. j The onion bed will stand a lot of manuring. Fowl manure, or | ! rotted animal manure is good. Borne wood ashes worked into j ! the soil would help to give a healthy crop. _ 1 I Keep the soil lightly stirred between all growing crops. | Plant potato onions, tree onions, shallots. j Sow broad beaus and early peas. I Sow tomatoes under cover for early planting, provided a suitable | | sunny position is available. . ~ . , i nn e I Prick out tomato seedlings as soon as they show the third lead. | Keep the seedlings under cover. _ These early plants are j better pricked out twice before being planted out. _ I Look over potatoes in store, and remove any showing signs of | disease. , I Keep stored onions eool and well aired. | Stock kumaras may be stored in clean sand. Dn the tubers before storing. I THE FLOWER GARDEN. \ The present is a good time for the ordering and planting' of j hardy trees, shrubs, climbing plants, roses, etc. Halt hard.> , and tender plants are best left until the spring. j Many gardeners will be pruning fruit trees, roses etc. in a week | or two. When you have finished pruning the p ants that really need it, do not prune everything else in sight. | If frost-tender plants are pruned in wiuter tlie frost mil | them further back, and perhaps kill them. Most tendc shrubs are pruned in the spring. . 1 Most of the spring-flowering shrubs are pruned when they aie ia | flower, or as soon as they have finished flowering. | Irises like lime. If sprinkled among the plants now, it will kill j <du°‘s as Avcli sis benefit the plftuts. I Antirrhinums, calendula, coreopsis, stock, viola, pansy, etc, maj j for planting roses. Mix well rotted stable or | Tow manure into the soil; or, failing this, bone-dust is a | When° do not forget some_ of .. tbe / e % er l roses. Some weak growing varieties in the dwarfs are q | Abeba°floribunda, 1 the escallonias tecoma, and louicera nitida are | suitable hedge plants for small gardens. j j Hard wood cuttings of trees, shrubs, roses, etc, may be put j f now. 5