THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 7 (Supplement)

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Plant uut a few rows of autumn sown onions in well-manured and prepared ground. Take advantage of fine weather to earth up cabbage, cauliflower and other crops needing this treatment. If, before earthing, a light sprinkling of nitrate of soda is applied to the plants growth will be greatly accelerated. I Make plantings of New Zealand spinach, silver beet, cabbage, cauliflower, and well-hardened lettuce. Sow broad beans and early peas. Any rhubarb roots of the seedless • varieties that require renewing should be lifted and placed in a sheltered position ready for dividing and transplanting. Complete the planting out of strawberries, giving a good sprinkling of manure along the rows when planting. To obtain healthy growth of crops at this season, every advantage should be taken of line weather to well stir and work the soil between the rows. Proceed with the planting of fruit and other trees upon every favourable opportunity, fine weather being always chosen for the work. At the time or soon after planting the branches should be pruned. Cutting them back within eight or nine inches of their base. Free draining is essential for fruit trees. Few' trees can succeed where stagnant water is allowed to accumulate at the roots. In planting, place the trees the same depth in the soil as they have previously been grown. Weed and thin any crops needing this attention.