WORK IN THE GARDEN FOR THE MONTH.
There is always plenty to do in a garden. but of all the months September is. perhaps, the very busiest. After the heavy rains of last month the soil is in urgent need of working. Sowing peas for sivcce-sional crops will be one of the first things to demand attention. There are now such a multitude of varieties to choose from one is afraid of recommending special kinds. This to a large extent must be decided by requirements, and also by facilities for staking: where staking or supports of some kind cannot be given, then it will be necessary to sow dwarf-growing sorts. The main crops of potatoes must be planted. The varieties to be used must • determined by the seed supply ava.il.ui * in different districts; liberal manuring pays for this crop. Those early sorts coming through the ground should be sprayed. On no account should this be neglected. Vermorite is a very convenient form for small gardens. Cabbage, cauliflower, onions, and lettuce—plant out as required. Those coming on must be kept free from weeds. 'Sowings of beet, carrots, parsnips, turps, spinach, etc., -houhl be got in. Sow m rows, as by this method they are much easier weeded than if sown in beds. Those sown last month should be thinned out three to six inches apart, according to size of root whim mature. A sowing of broccoli. Brussels sprouts, and red pickling cabbage may be made. A small packet of each will give several hundred plants. The seed should not be sown too thick, as this tends to have spindly plants. Ixumeras may b-> started on a hot bed. just covering the tubers with sand. Celery and tomato plants should be singled out into boxes or pans.
( iicumbcrs and melons under gla-- re quire careful handling. Pot oil' singly, or three plant- in a (iin pot. (Jive plenty air. and be careful in watering, .is the\ are very liable to damp oil'. Sow mure seed of these if required. In the llower garden, bedding plant®* should be got out as soon a- siillii ieiit 1 hardened off. Asters, stocks, carnation-, and antirrhinums. in part icular. always do best when got in their llowering quarterns early as practical. Anv rose- nil pruned should be attcndcl to without delay. Gladioli do well planted now. Every garden should posse-s -ome of these gorgeous (lowering plants. Fruit trees which have not been maniir ed in the autumn should receive .1 top dros-ing of superphosphate and potash. Peaches and nectarines neglected to be -prayed with Bordeaux mixture should be seen Io at once. \pplc trees miv -till bp grafted, (dear < ll’ and burn all trim
niing- and primings from tie.-; .r ;en I to garden path- .Hid keep «•!«• in and I ids. Lawns, where gra — ha- grown \ igoroii- |\. will reipiirr mowing with a -e\ t he. and later with lawn mower. an I ireipieii lolling. Kveri va -ant pie.e of lan I inten I ■ I for eropping should he dug or forked <»\el roughly .ii Ihe earliest opporl nlli I \ . Ihiwill materiallx a--i-t in •jetting the in gI tilth wlnn r«*<|iiii<* I for plant inj i»r sow ing.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 12, 21 September 1910, Page 39
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531WORK IN THE GARDEN FOR THE MONTH. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 12, 21 September 1910, Page 39
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