THE GARDEN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 6 August 1889, Page 3

THE GARDEN.

■ : _ + .1..1T-— ii- ■.■■.' Kitchen Gardeth— ¥he Mceptibnally fine weather whifcu bas recently pre*ailed> will enable cvltivators to get all ground work completed before spring, so t.bat no hindrance from arrears of work wiil.be experienced in the busy season. A sowing of early sorts of peas may be. made in rows four* feet apart in a warm and previously prepared border, the soil being light ;ind well manured* If the Soil Is stiff it is advisable, to take oat a trench one foot deep and fill it with a good turfy compost for these early sowioga. C>><3 winds *a& froity nights in early spring months retard the growthof peas unlpMthey are protected' by boaghs of conifers stuck in the ground on either sidt t>s the rows. As soon as the Weather becomes favourable, the bbagbs nhoald be removed^ ulld : the peas finally staked* It is of some importance to sow the pea? rnn.ning north and south,. oratßueban angle that the individual rows will be more directly exposed to the influence of the sun. Another sowing of. broad beans may be made. Lettuce plants whidh have been raised in frames "hould be planted in a warm border in rows a foot apart, and the same distnnce in. the row. A dustinu of aoot anH lime will help to keep slues away from the plant*. — Canterbury Times.