Gardener's Calendar

Southland Times, Issue 1148, 18 March 1890, Page 4

Gardener's Calendar

MARCH Growing crops of the cabbage tribe will benefit considerably if the soil is occasionally well stirred abont them— a digging fork performs this work much more effectively than any other in plement. Finish sowing cabbave and cauliflower intended for spring use, follow directions gi yenv en I%«' month. If from acy cause ihe winter crops of green vegetables is likely to b« short plant out cabbage plants six inches apart every way, thinnina ib^m ou» a* required for use— leaving <hem ultimately twelve inches apart ; those left make admirable cabbages in spring. In dry weathei, earth up celery as long ai it grows. Harvest onion* — that is, pull up all tho>e that have good bulbs, and let them dry on | the surface of the ground before finally storing them ; they should always br stored in a dry cool pl»ce, out of the reach of froafc. , Care must be taken not to bruise the bulbs, as they are very readily injuied. A main crop of this vegetable should be sows this m >ntb ; if. however, it cannot be managed before April, it is better to def<r it until sprin/. Bow lettuce and spinach for winter ute in the earlj part of the month. Potatoes should be dug as they ripen ; select the seeds as they are dug, thr good can be distinguished from the bad belter now than at aoy other time. All early spring flowering bulbs such ai Crocus, Hnowdrops, Hyacinth*, &c., should now receive Attention, lift, and remove all off-sets and make prepa-ation for replantiag. Continue preparations for new plantations ; if deferred any longer the land has not the opportunity of pulverising before the planting seaiou arrive* ■