GARDEN NOTES.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 673, 27 August 1917, Page 1

GARDEN NOTES.

(From Beswick’s Victoria; Nursery). i j , ! . i AUGUST, ; VEGETABLE GARDEN. August may be considered the last month of the N.Z, gardening work for the year, for as the month advances the spring weather will make a. decided change with early planted stuff; the various bulbs planted in the autumn are already pushing through the ground. Beans and peas sown as previously directed should he well up i In the vegetable garden continue digging and manuring any vacant plots. Where pruning and , . spraying of fruit trees and hushes have not been attended to no time should he lost in having the work done. Planting of fru.it trees may he continued this month. Hedge plants can lie successfully, planted where stock are liable to damage a newly-planted live fence Plant Berberis Vungaris, no stock will touch this. Now is a good time to plan off your kitchen gar-: den ,It is important to so arrange your garden that a. proper rotation of crops should he grown otherwise successful crops cannot he expected, no matter how good the seed may he. A simple plan is to allot sections of the garden for the various vegetables as follows: ' •. No. 1, is well dug. and manured in Autumn. Tins can be used for such crops as peas, beans, celery, : leeks. The lull owing season it would not require manure: and : would grow good crops of carrots, , i parsnips, Beetroot. The next season a heavy manuring would bo required when the ground would be very suitable for such crops as Cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, J onions, lettuce, and in the following p season a suitable crop would bo potatoes. By working on these lines the same crop is not grown in the same soil for 4 years ,tt is necessary that to he succesiS. j ful that good sound, and reliable i seeds, plants, and trees should be obtained from reliable seedsmen or | a Nursery, and not from the sale- k yards. Plant out cabbage and cauli- ; flower plants. Lettuce planted now i) will make nice heads for early , summer. Artichokes, potatoes, -j shallots, garlic, onions, may now” ■; be planted, also raspberry, straw'- ; berry, loganberry, and goose- ; I berry currant and fruit trees. Seeds J to sow, cabbage, cauliflower, early | peas, broad beans, turaips, early i Horn carrot, radish, parsley, | thyme. A first sowing of tomatoes, under glass may be made Cor out- I dcor planting in October. Those re- I quiring only a few plants; it would he wiser to purchase from the Nur- ; scry well-grown plants,

FLOWER GARDEN. f Keep clean beds where bulbs are planted—use a fork, as much damago is often done with the spade, ' unless bulbs are all marked with sticks. Manure where new plants are to go and plant out shrubs in ■vacant borders. Prune roses and spray with lime sulphur, at a strength' of 20 parts water to one of lime sulphur. Small quantities may be obtained at the florist shop. Where grub is troublesome on lawns, roll well, and sprinkle agricultural salt over the part damaged', Resow next mouth. A good plai| is to give! a good dressing of lima C after the salt, but the ground mus £ ‘ be well rolled. Trim hedges, except ;■! laurenstena; this should I>e left until after {die flowering is finished, and then cut well in.