GARDENING CORNER

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1935, Page 21 (Supplement)

GARDENING CORNER

WHAT TO DO'IN JUNE. June is not a very busy month for gardeners as far as planting is concernI ed,’ but there is usually a great deal of clearing up to be done at. this time of I the year, foi* good gardeners are commencing now to get ready for the spring. Although spring still seems a long way off there is a lot to be done before it, arrives, so the sooner we begin our preparations the better. If vegetable gardens have not been dug over yet this should be done as soon as possible so that the frost may get in 'and sweeten the ground. Manuring crops that were sown in the early autumn should be dug in now, too. Then all those Tinks who have strawberry beds, should keep them well:- weeded and hoed all through the winter to give the plants every chance, and those who intend making new strawberry beds should put their plants in now. - . Broad beans may be planted now, in fact the sooner the better, for many: gardens have their rows of broad beans an inch or more high by now, so don’t delay! Cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and shallots that: were planted in the autumn should be put out this month for then the cabbages and cauliflowers will probably be early enough to escape the white butterflies when they appear oi:ce more. o , ■ \

In the flower gardens all weeds should be kept down and all plants that have died off .should be cut back and removed. Dahlias should be lifted and stored in places away from the frost,’ and primroses, polyanthus and daisies should be divided and replanted. Roses, too, are ready to be pruned this month. Seeds of antirrhinums, carnations,, larkspur and sweet-peas may be sown ir the open this month so long as sunny positions are chosen where the ground is not too wet and cold, but the more delicate seeds such as linaria, poppy, candy-tuft and godetia should be soWh in frames and transplanted later. At the Hut there are rows of seed-; boxes under frames. Some of them already have seeds planted, in them and some of them are waiting till later on, so when I am filling up 'some of the empty ones next week I shall be wondering h£>w many Tinks are getting busy planting their seeds out too! —Hut Gardener.