GARDENING MADE EASY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 177, 13 August 1937, Page 13

GARDENING MADE EASY

Eeep the surface soil free and loose about your plants. A weekly hoeing will not only keep the soil clear of weeds. and sweet, bnt will conserve auy moisture that may be stored therein. Always cultivate before applying mulch or manure. After applying the latter, fork lightly in, and give a gentle, penetrating saturation. Housewives, knowlng the value of fresh parslev and liaving it always at hand, should try the following: — Cut the side out of a petrol tin, punch holes in the bottom, put in a layer of stones or broken pottery for drainage, then 1111 with good, rieh soil— say a a third each of earth, sand and manure. Plant seed fairly thickly. it takes a long time to germinate, but the plants will grow rapidly if kept well watered and will stand constant pieking. If one can does not supply. requirements. two may be planted and used ' ' turn about." Never fail to inark your rows. Besides looking nice, your garden is muck easier handled and eultivated. Two stout stakes and a leugth of strong cord works wonders in the vegetablo garden. After seoing the* rows are straight, sand you have marked the eori'eet distances apart, proceed with your seed sowing. Sow evenly and thinly. Eine seeds should be mixed with sand to ensure even distribution. The tidy gardener always finishes off his sowing with a iinal levelling up with the rake. Uneveu surfaces are unsightly aud teud to condemn you in the eyes of your admiring neighbour.