GENERAL GARDEN WORK.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 8, 22 February 1908, Page 36

GENERAL GARDEN WORK.

Onions are this season ripening very early. They should be pulled when the leaves are brown, ami laid on the ground, for a few days to get thoroughly dry. leaving on the tops and roots. Large growers generally advocate storing these bulbs undressed, as, by so doing, they keep longer. Particular care should be exercised to make certain that onion bulbs an* stored in a dry place. Plant a few early potatoes in localities where frosts are not usual. Con tiime to dig all vacant land, and keep the hoe going between the rows of growing crops. Care should be taken when hoeing beet to avoid injuring the roots with the hoe. as any wound will cause bleeding, which spoils the root for cooking.

French beans may still be sown, also Early Horn carrot, and saladings. It is now rather late to sow peas, but sometimes a dish of this excellent vegetable may be got by’ sowing this month, ami in some localities it is worth riskAsters have been completely’ ruined in some gardens by the caterpillar, and dahlia blooms have suffered from the same cause. Some people are complaining loudly’ of the want of rain, but what’s the use of grumbling? 1 am useless as a weather prophet, but can assure my readers we are nearer rain than we were last week, and I daresay we shall have enough before long.