THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 190, 13 August 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

During the present month a good sprinkling of nitrate of soda can be applied to establish asparagus beds with advantage. Mulching with stable or other animal manures, however, / better deferred until next month. Earth up potatoes as they advance in growth. Apply a good sprinkling of manure along the rows at the time of earthing up. Peas and broad beans, cabbage, cauliflower and similar crops succeed better by having the soil well drawn up to the plants. Ground intended for planting out autumn sown onions should be again forked over and placed in the best possible condition for transplanting. From time time onward a succession of peas can be maintained by making successional sowings about every three or four weeks in warm sheltered pcX tions. Further planting should be made of cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce in well manured ground. Take up, divide and transplant thyme, sage, mint, marjoram and other herbs required and sow parsley for summer use. Rhubarb requires an abundance of rich food. Old beds especially should receive a liberal drossing of manure dug in fairly deeply between the rows.