GARDENER’S CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 567, 28 February 1873, Page 2

GARDENER’S CALENDAR.

MARCH.

Kitchen Garden.—lnstead of neglectin" the ; ardeti, as is too often the case at this si aii'ii, it ought to get a thorough cleaning, anil every vacant space should he ■ lug up to the action of the weather. The looser the ground is kept the better it wdl I'tsis' the effects of drought and rain will he readily absorbed. Take up pntat es as they ripen for if left too long in the gtound they are apt to make a secon I growth which would prove injurious. C. ley will now requir • strict attention as to watonn ; and landing up. Onions f‘ r ear'y drawing may now' he sown Sow cabling! s both early and late also savoy, curled groom pickling cabbage cauliflower lettuce, and .aidish. The growth of the cabbage tribe will be hastened by a light, top dressing of Peruvian guana being applied between ihe rows and raked in with the dung-hawk which, by-the-bye is one of the most useful tools in the garden Take up the dry o ions well previous to storing. Fruit Garden.—Prepare ground for strawberries hy digging and sub-soiling at least two two feet in depth and afrer a good fall of rain , select the best rooted runners fro n fruitful plants and set in threes in the shape of a diamond, two feet three inches between the row's and fifteen inches between the plants and rows, Fomove the runners from established beds and keep all free from weeds. Gather and store apples and pears as they ripen, and avoid bruising them, Flower Garden.—All dormant bulbs should ho planted they thrive best in a deep, sandy soil, and ground not naturally so formed ought to be worked very deo'i—applying at the same time a good d essing of well decomposed manure and on clay soils add a good deal of sand to tbo dressing. Pec that propagation of young st ck is at (ended to as recommended last mouth. Gather flower seeds as 'hoy ripen remove decayed -fiowciß and keep the (pound, as mat r.nd dean as possible,