Operations for June

Northern Advocate, 11 June 1938, Page 14

Operations for June

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN Plant cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce. Sow a few early dwarf peas. Give a sheltered position and a deep, well-drained soil. Put in a few early potatoes in a sheltered, sunny, well-drained position. Plant out the first onions for early crop. A well-manured, welldrained soil is necessary, and a sunny position. Do not plant near hedges or other exhausting growth. Earth up celery and 1 leeks as they require it. Do not sow or plant while the soil is in a sodden state. Parsnips may be lifted and stored if the ground is wanted. Put out rhubarb roots about 4ft. apart, with 3ft. between the plants. If old clumps are to be divided, use the outside pieces, each with one or two healthy buds. Hce between rows of growing crops. Hand-weed seedling crops. Prepare new asparagus beds. Dig artichokes, and save good, well-shaped tubers for replanting. Look ever onions in store, and remove any that show signs of disease. Plant fruit trees of all kinds. THE FLOWER GARDEN Annuals may be planted out where the soil is well-drained, and the situation sheltered and sunny. If the positions are exposed, planting should be left over until spring. Gladioli that have been hung up to dry may have the leaves pulled away, and the dry husk and old corm removed, ready for soaking in formation before planting next month. Annuals that are being blown about in the wind should have protection. Tea-tree bush makes a good temporary shelter. Keep the ground forked over and clear of weeds. Cut out any shrubs not wanted, and make suitable replacements. Sheep manure mixed with leaves makes an excellent topdressing for rhododendrons, daphnes and many other shrubs. plant Sweet William, candytuft, calliopsis, lupin, Godetia, gaillardia. anchusa, aquilegia, pansy, lobelia. Plant Lawscniana hedges. Cut alnd prune standing hedges.