What to Do in the Home Garden Next Month

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 65, Issue 5, 16 November 1942, Page 303

What to Do in the Home Garden Next Month

Summary of Operations During December

SUCCESSIONAL SOWINGS. Beans (dwarf), lettuce (preferably without transplanting), peas, turnips, silver beet, beetroot, spring onions. SEEDLINGS TO TRANSPLANT. Cabbage (savoy), broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, leeks, celery. CROPS IN SEASON. (The month in brackets represents the month in which the seed should be sown). Lettuce (Feb.), radish (Dec., copious watering necessary), celery (Dec.), endive (Feb.), beans (early Oct. warm districts), spinach (July, Aug.), peas (July, Aug.), spring

cabbage (Feb., South Island earlier), beetroot (almost all seasons), carrots (Feb. for spring maturity). GENERAL WORK. Under dry conditions, and always after rain, hoe between plants and in the rows. This will destroy weeds and conserve soil moisture. Healthy crop refuse should be placed in the compost heap, and all diseased crop residues destroyed by burning. Tomatoes will now require constant attention, pruning, tying and spraying being necessary for best results. Diseased plants should be instantly removed and destroyed. Personal contact with such plants is a positive method of spreading disease to healthy plants.