Kitchen Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 9 October 1890, Page 3

Kitchen Garden.

Tiik successional sowings of Peas may be ol'ths second eavly kincU. sack as Yorkshire Hero, Stiatagem or Telephone. Prepare new beds for Asparagus. £ow at a depth of about half an inch, and when the plants are up, thin out to 9in. Plant g'obo 01 Jerusalem artichokes. Hoeing should be vigourously carried on, as it not only destroys weeds but opens up the surface which is very beneficial to the crops. Young vegetables are especially benefited by hoeing. Tomatoes for planting outbide should bo potted up, putting two plants in small pot?, and employing a rather light soil at this potting. Give a gentle watering with a fine rose pot and place the plants on a shelf near the glass, shadiug them till they begin to ro:>t in l o the new soil. A temperature of 55deg to GOdeg l>y night will be high enough, and the plants should bo sightly dewed over daily in blight weither. Where Tomato seed h^.s not been sown, no tinio should be lo^t in g 'tti-ig it in, growing en the pb'.nts quickly or poor crops ol fru't will result. Make a moderate sowinj of som:- enr'y Turnips. s:\y early Sno vball. Sow the seed in drills a ! out lHin apart, and rover over with burnt garden refute ashe a . Turnips should bo grown on rich land, as a poor soil produces stringy, hot-tasting bulbs. To prevent loss of seeds by birds, slightly damp them with milk-and-water, and soil in powd< red redlead. A sisal sowing of Beet may be made. Goruud that is not been recently manured is bett for Beet ; it should be deeply dug and well pulverised, and five seocte dropped in at distances of from Bin to loin apart, the rows being 15in apart. !