GARDENERS CALENDER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 281, 13 September 1867, Page 3

GARDENERS CALENDER.

SEPTEMBER. Kitchen Garden.—Any of the main crops of vegetables yet remaining unsown should be no longer delayed if the ground be dry enough for working ; but it is always advisable to defer digging or cropping the ground whilst it is wet. Late Carrots and a small sowing of Turnips may be sown on a dry, sheltered spot. Sow Peas and Broad Beans with Spinach between the rows. Sow Lettuce, Radish, Mustard, and Cress ; also Asparagus, Sea Kale, Cabbage of sorts, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, and Rhubarb. Plant Potatoes, Jerusalem and Globe Artichokes, Shalots, and Garlic. Transplant Cabbage and Cauliflower, Lettuce, Rhubarb roots, Sage, Marjoram, and Horse Redish. Remove all foot-marks with the fork immediately any operation is finished. Fruit Garden. —Any transplanting yet remaining should be pushsd forward with all possible expedition. The best way of securing young fruit trees from being injured by wind is to cut them well back, to induce a bushy habit of growth, so desirable in this country. Place a good mulching of manure over the roots of all newly-planted trees, and stir the ground with the dung-fork between the rows of trees and strawberry plants, as the looser the surface is kept for either trees or vegetables the better they will thrive. Finish grafting early in the month. Flower Garden.—lf the ground has been dug up early in the season to the action of the weather it will now be in fine condition for the planting of flower roots and the sowing of seeds. All hardy annuals and other flower seeds may be sown now, and care should be taken to arrange them according to their height. The harmony of colors should also be attended to.