THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.
ROUTINE OPERATIONS. A further fall of rain during the weekend should do an inestimable amount of good to the vegetable crops. The eSect of the first fall a week or so ago was beginning to be lost where supplementary applications of water were not being made, as the soil was so dry beforehand that it mopped the water up like a sponge. With each fall of rain comes the inevitable crop Gf weeds. The hoe, of course, should be brought into use to eradicate the weeds before they prow to any size. In the case of seedling ctods the weeds wijl have to be pulled out by hand, a somewhat tedious but necessary operation. After the rain the soil will be in splendid condition for the sowing or planting of the various crops which have been mentioned recently in these columns. Those who took advantage o£ the opportunity afforded by the previous downfall for breaking down the soil, and went ahead with the preparations for the various crops, will be able to sow or plant them now.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20208, 19 March 1929, Page 5
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