GARDEN HINTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 28

GARDEN HINTS

Try growing swede turnips for fowls. They lay better when they have plenty of chopped turnip, and | the feed bill is much less, making the ! profit double. Seed Sowing. —Where manure Is j limited, it is a good plan to place all that is available in the furrows with the seed. The manure should, of course, be well rotted. If there is sufficient manure the rows can be ) placed closer together, and for crops th«t are sow-n in rows running north and south, the usual distance can be ! reduced by one-third. For tomatoes, | cabbages, etc., a hole should be made : and partly filled with wood ashes, j then with manure mixed with earth, j Rapid growth will result where the j water supply is good. ! Sow Winter Sweet Peas. —Make a

trench two feet deep and about 18 J inches wide and work in with the soil plenty of well-decayed manure. Fill in and tramp firmly and allow to settle for some weeks. The best seed for the average gardener who wishes for a good garden display and cut flowers for the house is a mixture. A first-rate mixture costs 0 bit more than is usually paid, but you only have to see one growing to realise its value. Some of the mixtures offering are very fine indeed, I and contain a very large range of 1 colours.