Work in the Garden

Lake County Mail, Issue 38, 25 February 1948, Page 10

Work in the Garden

which follow on. The first of these is broad beans which follow the cabbage in March. A few autumn-sown green peas may also be sown at the same time if desired. A Thirsty Season Plot No. 4 contains crops of peas and beans which followed the previous year’s crop of cabbage. The earliest crops should be cleared away when finished, to prevent the spread of any disease which may have attacked them. Existing crops must be well watered if good yields are to be expected. If mildew appears, peas must be sprayed at the first signs, with collodial sulphur. Silver beet, spinach and lettuce comprise the remainder of this plot, and followed celery and leeks. Further sowings may be made of lettuce and the prickly-seeded or P winter spinach, in rows 12 inches apart. These two may be sown in the new plot if there is insufficient room here. As sections of this plot become vacant they may be sown in green manure crops which may be dug in later and will be well-rotted by the time the ground is required for potatoes next season. All vegetable crops must be well supplied with water if the best results are to be obtained during this dry season of the year. Weak liquid manure is also beneficial to growing crops. Runner beans and celery are the first to suffer and the former may also be attacked by the looper caterpillar which beejomes prevalent during late summer and autumn. Use derris dust on producing crops.