Rural Kalendar for February.
The Garden. —Transplant now in on open compartment, a general crop of celery in trenches; plant some young cabbage plants pretty thick, to come in for colwerts; sow also some cabbage seeds in beds, which must be kept watered iu dry weather ; continue to sow and transplant lettuce and endive j keep beds of old and young asparagus clear from weeds with the hand; sow onions for winter and spriDg use, and examine the beds of keeping or bulbing onions j pull them up as soon as the tops are decayed ; gather seeds of all kinds as soon as ripe, as if left too long the seeds will fallout of the pods; look to the wall trees, and cut out all useless shoots, and nail the o'.hers straight to the wall ; keep all fruit tries borders clean from weeds ; continue budding, and after the bud is inserted, tie a cabbage leaf over it to protect it from the rays of the sun. Sow polyanthus and auricula seed, and transplant triennial and biennial plants in showery weather ; mow grass wa'ks and lawns to keep up a neat appearance. The Field.—Prepare to break up fresh ground for cultivation ; clear off and burn up fern and tea tree, and get the land ready for the plough. Sow Cape barley.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 82, 12 February 1852, Page 2
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220Rural Kalendar for February. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 82, 12 February 1852, Page 2
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