GARDEN CALENDAR.
OCTOBER. Kitchen Garden.—Main crop of peas, beans, and other' vegetables should now' be put in. The pea does best on a rich, light oil, and for summer the soil must bo deep. Reas require plenty of air and light, and should not be placed too near a fence or hedge. When six inches high, earth them up and stick them. Muicu heavily between the rows and so.keep the moisture in the soil, if yea wka io have the peas iu good condition. Also have the mulch of clean slvaw, so if
the vines may fall over on it, die pods keep clean, and mildew remain afar off. Plant out Cauliflower and cabbage, and sow seed of the hu.tcr. Sow' asparagus and chfrets for main crop. Sow hardy cucumber in the open, and plant out those raised in pots. Sow marrow'', pumpkins, and tomatoes in the last week of the mouth. Tomatoes require plenty of room and good soil. Thin Lie shoots occasionally so as to ’admit light and air to the fruit. For the latter crop, trim off bill the leaved,' so that the fruit may ripen off before frost conies. Keep • thd hoe 1 at work between the cfops^' and earidi up early potatoes. Fruit, Garden.—Fruit trees now show, signs of returning vigour. Attend carefully to disbudding, but. do it gradually. If this, is done, much time will be saved in autumn and winter pruning, and more vigour is thrown into the tree for the fruit and next year’s bearing shoots. if shelter lias not been provided, it is more than probable that the westerly cold winds and the absence of sun will militate against the successful setting of fruit. Finish grafting; look over those that have been done, and see that no shoots are there to injure the grafts. Rub off useless shoots from vines, and those that are sufficiently advanced should he stopped one or two joints above the fruit.
Flower Garden.—This is tlie best month in which to commence bedding out. The term bedding-plants is usually applied to the scarlet geranium, the silver-edged leaf, gold-edged, tricolour, bronze, and gold-leaved varieties, shrubby calceolaria, petunia, lobelia, iresine, gold feather, and many others. The bedding-out system, or planting in masses, is specially adapted for our climate, as the plants, by covering the whole surface of the ground, protect the roots from the sun and wind which we experience in the summer. Riant gladioli bulbs for succossional flowering. Roses: mulch with cow manure; give frequent waterings; shringc with soapsuds or tobacco water to, destroy the aphis. The early part of the month is the time to sow flower seeds, except the tender kinds.—“ Star” Almanac.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 39, 30 September 1911, Page 3
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