KITCHEN GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19443, 31 October 1925, Page 23 (Supplement)

KITCHEN GARDEN

The weather is now satisfactory and planting and sowing should now’ be carried on without further delay. Plant potatoes and earth up early planted ones. Plant cabbage land cauliflower. Plant lettuce and onions.

r Sow peas, beans and parsley. SoW parsnips. The hollow ciuwn is yet the must popular variety. bow utolu beet. iho round variety give a quicker return. The lung variety wmeb. mature rather slowly are moot buitablu lor winter stortige. i feuvv swedes. These may be transplanted later if desired. i Sow pumpkins, marrows and cucumI bersj Hie weather is very suitable lor 1 these at present. I Sow turnips and radishes at regular intervals; sow parscly and’* other herns. | Sow riiubaru if n is to be raised from sued. Sow carrots, they will ■ euine on very quickly in these lavour- ' able conditions. i Sow lettuce for late transplanting. | Sow a little cabbage ael cauliflower 1 seed every three or lour weeks in or- ■ <ier tu have a constant supply of plants. As seeds come up, thin uut. Do not ; let any plants grow crowded. It pays . io give them plenty of space. I Cut off any seed heads mat are show- : ing on the shallots. if ihe peas aro well enough advanced stake them without delay. j The main crop of tomatoes should bo planted out mis month. For late crops they mlay be planted not until the first week in December. ■ Do not water freshly planted plants I too often, once should bo enough. Many more plants die through too much attention man not enough. i Plant out the first broccoli and savoy, using late varieties. I Plant Brussells sprouts and winter? I cabbage. i Keep a closo watch on tho onion bed i and put out any weeds as soon as they • appear. it the rhubarb sends up seed cut them off at once. This should be good weather for as* Iparagus beds. See that all the shoots I arc cut us soon ns they are six inches I long or they will become stringy. | Do not allow tffe strawberry plants Jto lie on the ground. Get some straw and lay it round the plants. It will help to keep the berries clean. If the goosberries are carrying a large crop, help them by applying a top dressing of manure.