THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 7 (Supplement)

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

To keep weeds under control is still one of the difficult tasks in the garden. At this season hoeing is ineffectual in destroying them. The best means after hand-weeding the crops, is to dig and turn the weeds under between the rows. Attend to the earthing-up of cabbages and others of the brassica family. Draw the soil up to form a ridge, as this assists to keep the roots drier during winter. Early-planted potatoes, as soon as sufficiently advanced, should be earth-?d-up to protect the plants from frost and harsh winds. Potato sets htat have been sprouted ah mid be planted as soon as they are ready Expose the sets until the sprouts become green before planting out. Make a small sowing of parsley to provide plants for summer use. Other herbs should be lifted and divided and transplanted, including seedless sage, that has been stnick from cuttings. Make a sowing of peas of the best fruiting variety in a warm situation and in deeply-worked, well manured soil. Jerusalem artichokes should be dug up and stored. This crop, even though carefully dug, usually leaves a sufficient number of young tubers in the ground to provide for next season’s crops. Attend to the pruning of all varieties of standard orchard trees. Stone-fruits are the first to need attention. Advantage should be taken of favourable conditions to plant out fruit and other trees. Prune indoor vines as they mature and ripen their wood.