FARM and GARDEN CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 424, 1 November 1876, Page 2

FARM and GARDEN CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER.

(From Reed and Brett’s Auckland Almanac.) FLOWER GARDEN. This month thin out all annuals. Plant out all the more tender varieties which have been raised in pots or boxes under glass, observing to well harden them off previous to doing so. Let them be carefully taken up, with as much earth as possible to each root. As soon as planted give each a little water, and shade with fern or ti-tree. Continue to water till fairly established. Continue to sow quick flowering varieties of annuals, such as candytuft, collinseas, clarkia, nemophila, etc. Transplant and propagate biennials and perennials, such as sweet William, wallflower, Brompton stock, Canterbury bells, etc. Plant out climbers, and regularly tie up established ones. Growth now very vigorous. Propagate all succulent plants by division of the roots ; also petunias, heliotrope, etc. Roses, look carefully after the green fiy ; now very troublesome. Syringe, or what is better, dip all terminal shoots into a strong solution of tobacco water. Propagate pinks and carnalions by layers or pipings. Admit air plentifully in greenhouse, and water freely. Insect life now in full play. Give occasional fumigations of tobacco. fruit garden. Thin out all fruit where trees are overloaded ; by this means a far heavier crop will be obtained, and fruit of a much superior quality. Now go carefully over all fruit trees and give them the summer pruning (what is termed in gardening parlance finger-and-thumb pruning), removing all misplaced shoots, and pinch down to three buds those that are intended for fruit spurs, leaving all shoots that will appear to fill up any blank space. Carefully attend to new grafts by tying up —very apt to blow off in windy weather. Remove all w 7 eak shoots from raspberries, leaving three or four canes of the strongest on each stool. The vineyard now calls for a deal of attention; continual stopping or disbudding is the order of the day; displace all weak and straggling shoots, tie up to the stake all remaining canes. Keep down all weeds, rake off all weeds and rubbish from the surface, for on this much depends the maturity of the grape. Caterpillars on gooseberries, now very troublesome, must be hand picked. Pay attention to all newly planted trees, taking care to carefully mulch them with grass or litter. A good soaking of water occasionally requisite. KITCHEN GARDEN. Beans, make another sowing of either long-pod or Windsor for autumn crop, also French or kidney varieties. Beet, go over crop and carefully thin out to equal distances, say nine inches. Borecole, transplant three feet apart. Broccoli, sow Penzance or Wilcove white. Cabbage, continue to plant out in show: ry weather; Wheeler's imperial and St. John’s Day are good varieties for this seasr n —not so apt to take the blight as

others. Capsicums and Chilies, plantout in sheltered situations ; look very pretty trained against a wall or trellis. Cucumbers, still sow for succession, attend to advancing crops, stop all vigorous growth, and remove all weakly shoots. Leeks, continue to plant out in well-prepared trenches. Lettuce, make another sowing of white cos. Onions, thin out clean and well stir surface between the rows. Parsley, cut down so as to maintain a supply of tender leaves. Potatoes, earth up. Parsnips must now be thinned ; keep the hoe going between the rows. Peas, sow late varieties, such as dwarf, mammoth, ne plus ultra, Victoria, and Veitch’s perfection. Radish, sow white and red turnip, and olive shaped ; these stand drought better than long scarlet. Small salads, such as mustard and cress, sow for succession. Spinach, sow the round or summer. Tomatoes, attend carefully to stake and tie up securely ; thin out all superfluous shoots. Turnips, sow white Dutch or orange jelly tor autumn crop. FARM. Potatoes may now be scarified and moulded up, taking advantage of the driest weather. Maize and sorghum can be sown this month for seed crop or green food ; it is very useful in the green state in dry seasons for horses and dairy cattle. Shearing may be completed in this month if the weather is favourable. Sheep and lambs should be branded at or soon after shearing time. About the end of the month a paddock of red clover should be well grazed down, and then left to freshen for the lambs to be put on when weaned. Fields where the clover has been mown will do if it be growing weather afterwards. Ground for fallow should be broken up as soon as the potatoes are moulded up, and the late crops of maize, etc., sown. Spring grass may still be sown if the weather is suitable. Early crops of hay will be cut.