GARDENING FOR APRIL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 April 1916, Page 2

GARDENING FOR APRIL.

*^;hKitchen- (Jarden. —Continue *t<ii "plant pabbage, Savoy and lettuce for vsuccessitm, -Mustard, cress, radishes^ "and prickly sjpinaeh sow according |tqi requirements.; Carrots and turnips; show for winter and spsing use. Sbw and; cauliflower. Give] aj of manure water .cejery to moulding /dpi "Mould" up cabjbage, cauliflower, leeks| etc. and pienielo&s,t "gather &nd store away iv a dry, airyj pliace. '?)sCueujmbers, rock and watcjr-! -melons* will1 be over for the season^ j Clear away the old vines and have! pthe groundj thoroughly dug lor trenched, if necessary, and manured jjj in. readiness ipr cropping. Attends to j gathering all crops as they comefto' maturity, especially onions and late* pfanted potatoes. Clear away all 'rubbish, as it| not only looks unsightly! | but is a^ harbour for insects. Big] :aiQdj : tjenehißll vacant ground. Sjovfj with oats or mustard any land $o| intendpd for cropping until spriijg| Sow parsley this, month. | | J Flo-wer Garden.—All annuals plsf flowering should be cleared off. S|n| wa : ,Je w:,,:* hardy : dsind& iiME..eariy>«flowei4*» ing. Lift layers of carnations, etc., plant either in a bed together or where intended! to reniainji Plant out antirrhinums, .pansies, penstemoHS, etc!;M3?lant stvreet- peas; ane&^mes, hyacinths, irises, narcissi', tulips, crocuses, etc.y tor early' flowering. I. The foliage of all perennial plants \ should;.b.e-cut away-as it decaysj; jfti^d all plants ought to be r marked^ isr labelled to md icate their whereabouts. Spaces will be left through lifting tender plants and decay of others ; a-, few; hyacinths, tulips, ixias- etc./'c'an^^be put in to fill their places, and they, m their turn, can be removed whenthey; haye r . done flowering to ,pi^ke ' room for the border plants for'anotuer season. i'Let'! theiborder have-'a) gobal dressing of manure, and dig or touch it in atthesame time. ;; . See. that thp'i whereabouts, of all summer .bulbs and tubers is properly marked.

: The Orchard.—All digging and trenching of ground intended for a new or extension of an old orchard should be finished this month. Re-* move raspberry suckers that are not wanted, and make strawberry plantations if not done last month. Tie up trees and long shoots against approaching winter winds; remove tendrils , K and u Ja|erils^ fr^m-f-yines. Continue\tj; tiollect^appl&tantl other fruit as they become fit to pull. Handle them gently, and mark the good and inferior sorts that you may cut back the latter and graft with the former. Late keeping pears and apples should }b& ' stored wnere the exhalations from earlier ripening sorts will not reach them. Air may be admitted when the outside temperature is about equal to that inside the ! !w j!P^^-^»«BP*r than that in the fruiUroomns '^admitted, it causes moistrro to gather on the fruit. which has the effect of making it mould and rot. Gooseberries and currants may be propagated by cuttings towards the end of this r month. Take care to remove all buds 4 'from the lower part of gooseberrlM cuttings as high as three inches above '1 the dppth they are inserted in the soil J LoolT^welr"^o> y6'ur' tfigr!ti■artn■eyl)e' ; come not over-ripfi^anxl your grapes arid if you want a butfeh bHhe latter to keepf'fresh for a while cut. it with a littleV of the wood. Cape gooseberries require looking after -J gather the fruit before it falls off,'ari'd spread ouc to; dry before husking. Look well toJall drains and walie recourses . of every-kind; wet .^ea&ier is fast i approaching. Stjne fnitte should be 1 planted as soon as the trees can be obtained; any trees intended to be moved should be done now. ' & n eraßseß { aS eaTly as*'possible iri^the "month '..his is a good month."to sow Algerian oats; two bushels seed-to the acre /sown now will give good results, and will allow being fed off once or twice before shutting for crop. Then oats may be sown ;;from. ; ,novr up till September. ■ Lift all potatbe's and if not sold immediately, put .into ffO od ■ pits. Now that the bligHt, is here it l- advisable to Keep in the bags for ' a short time, and ~ re-pick; before pitting. Ole an o drains and wa^r courses. ■- " ','. '