GARDEN CALENDAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 65, 31 October 1911, Page 2

GARDEN CALENDAR.

NOVK.MEFK. Kitchen Garden.—Summer aas set in, and the weeds, as well as crop.', grow apace. Keep the hoe at van \. and allow n>i needs to run to's«iU. Lloebig is me of the most onpar.ant operations connected with the garden, ii anyone don lit the efficacy of hoe ing, for the benefit of growing plants, wiietiiev weeds are present or not, lot one portion be hoed and the other part remain undone. It will he found that that portion of the crop which has been lined will conic to maturity at least a week earlier than the part not hoed. Whatever kind of hoe be used, it should be sharp, so that ti:e work may be done quickly. Blunt tools mean waste of time and inefficiency. The blade should travel under tiie surface of the soil, lightening it up, and cutting the roots of the weeds. Thin out crops and earth up where necessary Onions should lie thinned out when a few inches high, and vacancies iu rows made good with the strongest plants. At the iinal thinning they may be left at four to six inches apart. Carrots should he kept thinned. Continue to

set out young plants of such vegetables as are required. Provide for a stock of winter vegetables. The bore-

cole or kale stands out prominent. If sown thinly picking out is not necessary, but tiie plants can be placed in their quarters from the seed-bed. When tiie plants are ready they should bo put out at once. Sow brocoli, early and late-.kinds. Put asparagus beds in order, and supply salt once a week to increase the yield and keep the weeds down. Fruit Garden.—Look over fruit trees, and gradually remove buds from the stems of young trees. Stop shoots- if they tend to over-luxuriance. Tin’s will throw more vigour into those that are left, and help to enlarge next season’s fruit. Attend to vines; do not leave more than one bunch of, fruit to a spur. Thin out gooseberry bushes to permit the sun and air to roach’the fruit. Keep the soil free from weeds underneath all trees and bushes, but do not interfere with tiie surface roots. Keep down American blight ; a strong decoction of tobacco mixed with hour of sulphur is a capital application in summer time. Flower Garden.—Keep the garden iu neat, trim order, and rOr surface soil frequently, so as to permit a freer atmospheric action to the roots. Thin out annuals, leaving-the stronger plants with plenty of space in winch to. extend themselves; Go not lift your bulbs until the foliage has become dry and withered. Memovo laded flowers and seed pods, vhicii only rob the other flowers. Give! every j Lint that requires it a stake. Leg d-w a vorbinas and petunias as they grow, and layer the best kind of eai nations. Sow mignonette and otho” annuals for late blooming. Sow hollyhocks and stocks. Plant dahlias, chrysanthemums, etc. If the fly or rose aphis is troublesome, d'p the ends of the shoots in « decoction of two ounces of quassia to a gallon of wa ter. if there are any weeds in the lawn that you ate do.vrous of lulling, but' which la .a- hitherto | nu <a. cl stinato, cut them off just below the crown while the weather is hot and dry.—“ Star” Almanac.