Operations for June

Northern Advocate, 19 June 1937, Page 14

Operations for June

Jiff; VEGETABLE GARDEN. f Uifti i,ui ( ttriy-nuwn onions. Give a well-manured soil and good (itaUimic, Plant the roots only. Run the row’s about 15in. apart, with the plants about Sin. apart in the rows. How early peas, broad beans and cabbage. Put out a few early potatoes in a warm, sheltered, well drained position, A little fresh horse manure under the seed will help. Plant greened and sprouted tubers; and don’t plant deep; 4in. is deep enough at this time of the year.' Keep the onion bed clean. Give an occasional dusting with wood ashes. Plant cabbage, quick-maturing cauliflower and lettuce. Plant rhubarb roots in a well drained, well manured soil. Give young pea plants protection from birds. Strands of black cotton stretched along the rows give a satisfactory protection. Prepare new asparagus beds. Give temporary stakes to peas as soon as they come through. Plant out herbs, thyme, sage, etc. Divide old clumps. Make a sowing of round spinach. # Plant shallots, garlic and potato onions. Plant fruit trees of all kinds. Complete strawberry planting without delay. Dig artichokes and select good shapely tubers for re-planting. Use the hoe frequently between rows of crops, especially after wet weather. THE FLOWER GARDEN. ' I Do not cut plants that have been injured by frost. ' ■... Stocks may be planted in deep, well drained soil in sheltered situations. Stocks are not frost-tender, but will not stand wet conditions at the roots. It is not wise to plant the same annuals in the same bed year after year. The bed that held stock last year might grow anemones, violas, or Iceland poppies this year. In this way, serious blights may be checked. It is a waste of time and labour to feed plants with liquid manure or quick-acting manure unless the roots are active. Iceland poppies and violets are able to take a little manure at this season to encourage early flowering. . A-nimal manure and bonedust may be dug in ready for spring planting of shrubs, perennial plants, or annuals. Uliums may be planted. The favourite Lilium auratum does well in Whangarei, provided it is given a deep, well drained soil. i. Uliums will benefit by leaf-mould ‘and manure dug in well below the bulbs. Sweet peas may still'be sown. It is, generally believed-that sweet peas are better transplanted, the transplanting causing Stronger growth from the base..