GARDEN CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 606, 28 November 1873, Page 3

GARDEN CALENDAR.

. ra 1 1 „ Awoajf/u ■ - ■ December. Kitchen Garden,--ThU is,a- busy niyutli the garden; vegetables, are growing vigorously, root crops require tbimiijjg, peas and beans staking, and above (ib weeding, and hoeing has,to be attended to. Peas sow ;also French beafis and rutinem, turnip, early horn ,carp.(> lettuce and radish Early varieties of the potatoe may still he planted. A slight lop-dressing of stable manure mixed with sand will benefit onion and leek beds if the growth be'at all backward ; aiid in ibe event of dry weather, water with weak guano or manure wa er. Celery will be improved by similar treatment. ' Fruit Garden.—Trained trees now require tying or nailing. Sight frosts .which occasionally ocenr this month, are apt to blister the leaves of peach and nectarine trees. A temporary coping bf scrub, to project a foot over the top of the wall or fence on which they are trained, will protect them. Pinch the tops off the strongest growing shoots of young fruit trees, to equalise the growth and induce a dusliy habit. Remove all suckers as they make their appearance below grafts lately put on, and pinch the tops off their main shoots when they have pushed two or three inches. This will encourage the growth of lateral sh ota, and in some measure prevent tin- t re from being i. jured by the wind. Flower Garden. —See that dahlias and holly hocks are well secured to stakes, and encourage growth by frequent waterings with liquid manure. Lilies, phloxes, will n quire stakes, and verbenas, petunias, and other trailing plants pegging down. Stake sweet peas,.canary creeper, and convolvulus maj"!’. that annuals are not too thick, and let all thinning a* done when the plants are you ng Young fmchias, now making rapid growth, should be encouraged by shifting into larger sized pots, and when established, water once a wee, with weak liquid manure