Week’s Work.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 248, 17 August 1928, Page 3

Week’s Work.

FLOWER GARDEN. Repairs to the. lawn should be made at once. The edges should be rolled and trimmed. If the lawn is weedy now is a good time to get to work and dig out the weeds. The ground prepared previously for spring sowing of grass should have the surface worked over. Seed can be sown when weather permits. Lobelia can be lifted, and replanted. Many bulbs and plants are showing through in the border, and care must be taken when hoeing or planting new subjects, or damage will be done. Rose pruning should be done now. In cold districts it can wait for a week or so, but this is generally the best time for pruning. After pruning give the beds a good manuring, and if there are signs of insects or disease spray the plants. An application of White Island Product No. 1 should be given. This seems to suit Roses remarkably well. The beds of Anemones, Ranunculi, Stocks, Cinerarias, should have the surface stirred with the hoc. Fill in any blanks in the beds, and should aphis appear on Stocks or Cinerarias spray with lime sulphur or nicotine. The planting of trees and shrubs should be hastened on so as to give them every chance to become rooted before the hot weather comes. Border Carnations should have any bad foliage picked off. The plants should be staked to prevent the foliage lying on the soil. Give the plants a good liming. THE VEGETABLE PLOT The sodden condition of the soil is still preventing much work being done, and it is necessary to take every opportunity when the soil is workable. Light sandy and volcanic soils are more readily worked, and in these soils sowing and planting is possible. Peas can be sown when the soil is right. Those that were sown earlier will need the soil to be drawn up against them to help to hold them upright. All Peas, especially early sown, should - be staked so as to keep the haulm off the soil. Potato planting can be done when the soil is dry enough. Do not plant deeply, and always use sprouted seed. Seed potatoes should be stood in boxes to sprout. Sprouted seed gives carlier and heavier crops than unsprouted. Keep the seedling Onions free of weeds. Transplanting can be done when the soil is dry enough. Make sowings of Lettuce, Radish, Turnips, Onions, Cabbage and Cauliflowers. Hasten on any spraying of fruit trees that remain to be done. Peaches and Nectarines arc already pushing their buds. There will be accumulations of rubbish. Fork over the heap, shaking out any woody rubbish; let it dry and then burn it. The rest of the rubbish heap should be dug into the ground. The ashes from the fire can bo scattered over the soil after digging. Any pruning that is left should bo finished. Gather all prunings and burn them. After pruning and spraying fork ovci' the soil around the stem. This is a good time to make now plantings of Rhubarb. The Winter Rhubarb should bo given a dose of superphosphate, and also a little nitrate of soda.