The Garden

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 32, 3 November 1894, Page 10

The Garden

NOTES FOR NOVEMBER

(By Murihiku.)

Vegetable Garden. ■ Early-sown -vegetable crops will now be advancing rapidly, and every assistance should he riven them by earthing up, stakinland hoeing, to keep the soil free and clear of weeds, etc. Finish planting potatoes, and put at intervals as required for succession, small sowings of peas, broad beans, radish, lettuce, turnip and other salads. The main crops of beet, carrots, parsnips, French beans, celery, vegetable marrows, etc., should be sown at once —the two latter on hotbeds, if possible, to hasten their growth. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, curled kale, savoy, cabbage, spinach, etc., for winter use should be sown about the middle of the month, on prebared soil ; also prick off celery plants on to beds formed of well decomposed manure, well watered, preparatory to planting out into trenches in December and January. Every advantage should be taken of diy weather to keep the Dutch hoe going, so as to keep weeds in check ; these, if allowed to multiply now, will cause much more work later on. Fruit Garden. posed gardens all newly-planted fruit trees will be benefited by a mulching of stable manure being - placed over the roots, to extend about two feet from the stems of the trees ; shelter also from the prevailing w’inds should be provided. If short straw or grass be sjmead between the row's of strawberry plants, besides keeping the fruit clean, it wall greatly help the plants during spells of dry weather by retaining moisture in the ground. Apricots and peach trees whiclr_ promise too heavy crops should be thinned out, leaving one fruit to each joint. This may appear a sacrifice at first, but is necessary if large and wellrijiened fruits be desired. Flower Garden. Arrangements should now- be made for stocking tbe borders with plants for summer and autumn flowering. Dahlias, chrysanthemums, carnations, pansies, verbenas amongst perennials, and stalks-, asters, marigolds, phlox d'rummondi in annuals may all be procured and jdanted this month, and where a failure has occurred with seeds these latter afford a good opportunity of replenishing the garden. Growing plants of roses, hollyhocks, etc., will b e much b enafi ted by f req u ent sy ringing w r ith water ; this also helps to keep down green fly and other insects. If, during dry weather, pansies, carnations and dahlias be occasionally watered with guano water it will cause them to bloom w'ith more freedom and to give larger and finer blooms.