Operations for June

Northern Advocate, 26 June 1937, Page 14

Operations for June

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN,

•Sow broad beans, lettuce, early peas and quick-maturing cauliv flowers.

Plant cabbage and cauliflower,

Plant a few early potatoes in a warm, well-drained position. Dig in soiling crops of oats, mustard, etc., as soon as they are heavy enough. ' : ■ ' • . , ' Plant out early-sown onions. The ground should be well manured, firmed and well drained. Onions like sunlight. Plant out lettuce, shallots, potato onions, and tree onions. ‘Save the primings from fruit trees. They make useful supports for young peas and beans. Store grass cuttings, animal. manure, leaves, etc., in an out-of-the- - | place. The resulfifag compost will come iii for the spring vegetables, and for later use. v Get the ground ready for more serious potato planting. Turn' the soil over, and allow it to air for :a few weeks. Prepare the ground for main crop planting. An early prepara- : : . tion gives the soil time to consolidate. Prepare new asparagus beds. , . Hoe the strawberry bed. • • Manure with a blood-and_bone mixture. Continue the pruning of fruit- trees. Destroy mummified fruits by burning. They are a ready source of infection. A caustic soda solution, 11b. in 10 gallons of water-, makes , a good * spray-foh ridding trees' of mossf • , ; v v —-r-—'-V -.l'THE FLOWER GARDEN. The next few weeks are not good for the planting of seedlings, - ; except in very sheltered,;: warm h>eds or borders. Hardy evergreen and and shrubs may be planted * , whenthe : soil is not too wet. ■ Continue to plant, and put in cuttings of roses, , Carnations should have all diseased and blighted leaves removed. -••N •.•' s 'ahd : be given a dusting of lime. Use air-slake'd lime;. ' Many trees and shrubs that have scale, red spider, etc., should |j e , gpray e d - with an oil spray. If seedlings are growing nearby* they ; should be protected by covering with paper, -if.'/-- -.-as the oil spray may damage the tender foliage. . " Primula malacoides that are coming into flower may be lifted •. with soil attached to the roots, and put into bowls with a little water. They will then continue to flower well and make good room-plants. V Daphne; v will; benefit by ' having the flowers cut. New growth "i ; ‘ commences just after flowering time, and the bushes benefit by the light pruning given' by cutting the flowers. , : Luculia, poinsettia, bouvardia, lasiandra, 'and other frost-tender shrubs should not be pruned .until the spring, s'; Sheep manure, mixed with leaves, makes an excellent top-dress- . ing for rhododendrons, daphnes, and many other shrubs. ■ The Chabaud carnation is an excellent strain for quick results. J 1: The colours are good, the flowers have a good perfume, and :V| the plants are .most profuse bloomers. They are good for garden and for cutting. Plants may bq put in now in a sunny, wen-drained bed. • >;■ , i.'. .Gut and prune Lawsoniana hedges; also plant Lawsonianas.