GARDEN CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 715, 31 December 1875, Page 3

GARDEN CALENDAR.

—o— January. Kitchen Garden.— The 'principal crops of the cabbage tribe, for Winter and Spring use, should be planted this month. Plant early cabbage about twenty-one inches apart each way ; and late sorts, including cauliflower and broccoli, two feet apart. Transplant leeks and celery ; sow spinach. During the first week, put in the last sowing of peas, choosing an early sort; also make the last sowiing of French beans, and the principal sowing of turnips. Sow tur-nip-rooted radish and lettuce, on moist, rich soil. Attend to the thinning of late sown onions and other root crops. Take up and dry in the shade ripe onions, taking care not to bruise them. Stir the ground frequently between the rows of all growing crops, to admit air and moisture. Fruit Garden. —Plum, cherry, peach, nectarine, and apricot trees may now be budded. Remove suckers from grafts, and secure the young shoots from the effects of wind. Flower Garden —lncrease pinks and carnations, either by [pipings or layers. Gut dawn geraniums as soon as they are done flowering, Land set the cuttings in a shaded spot, where they will soon take root. Thin mignonette and other choice annuals. Keep every part of the garden free from weeds, Hoe, if possible, during bright sunshine ; and this, if properly dune with the Dutch hoe, will both kill weeds and’destroy slugs which latter are very destructive at this season, particularly on damp ground.