THE WEEK'S WORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE WEEK'S WORK.

THE t FLOWER GARDEN. The improved weather ha. resulted in better gardening «•»*»»»••. Look around newly-planted trees and shrubs, and firm any that have 'Any further of " Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Bamboos, Lucullias, Poinsettias, .can be done. The soil can be prepared for sowing seeds of hardy annuals, etc., Delphiniums" arc sending up their growths, and will need protecting from slugs. A ring of loose shell or ashes is good. A spraying with lime sulphur will clear up any slugs it touches. Planting of almost any bedding stuff can be done now. Prepare the ground for Chrysanthemums. The plants can be put out any time from the middle of October. Divide-Dahlia tubers. There is no need to force these; planting in November is quite soon enough to get good autumn blooms. Make sowing of Zinnias, Ten Week Stocks, Antirrhinums, Verbenas, Petunias, Salvias, Celosias, for planting out about As the early flowering subjects go over the beds should be replanted, so that there is as short a break as possible between. of Sunflowers, both the large and the miniature flowered, can be made now. ' i . , Prepare the beds for Asters. Where wik is very bad the seed can bo sown outside now. ' ' This is a good time to lift and replant Gerberas. They like a deep, rich soil. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. Get all ground ready for cropping. Where it was dug during the winter it will need forking over to break it up. Crops of Parsnips and Carrots that have stood the winter should be lifted, and the ground prepared for other crops. Further plantings of Potatoes can be made. Those already up should be sprayed and moulded up. ? Further sowings of Peas can be made. Any that are up should be moulded up and staked. - ■ Sow Parsnips, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Lettuce, In warm, sheltered positions it may be possible to sow Beans, but in the majority of gardens'the soil is too cold and wet. Sowings of Pumpkins, Melons, Marrows,' can be made, but protection must be given to the young plants. Plant Onions, and where necessary a sowing can be made. The grafting of Apple and Pear trees can be done now. The stocks should be growing, but the scions should be as dormant as Trees P that were budded last autumn should be headed back; pull off any buds that show, with the exception of the wpj-ked • bud. Strawberry beds should have a final hoeing and manuring, and the mulching should be applied. , ■ Keep down weeds by hoeing; this applies to all plants of the garden. Never let a weed produce seed if possible.