THE WEEK’S WORK AT A GLANCE
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. May is a month of great importance to all enthusiastic planters. It heralds the coming of the winter months —so make haste and prepare your ground for tree-planting in June. Sow early long pod broad beans in a warm and sheltered bed. Dig the soil thoroughly and well manure the ground. Clean up the artichopke beds and burn the old dead stems. A dressing of basic slag will improve the ground when replanting. Sow in rows thinly and weed out as they grow—parsnip, beet, turnip, onions, radish, lettuce, spinach. Sow in beds and transplant when ready, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, celery, onions. Shallots, potato, onions an d garlic should be planted out in rich soil. Plenty of wood ashes and bonedust, mixed with the soil, will help to yield a heavy crop. Topdress the lawns with basic slag and superphosphate, and re-patch any bad spots before the weather gets too cold, otherwise operations will have to be postponed till the spring. Collect and burn the old tomato stems and leaves showing signs of blight. On no account dig these into the ground, as the blight will reappear the following season.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)
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