THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 72, 27 April 1929, Page 3

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

Potatoes and kumeras that have matured should be lifted at once. If left till the ground gets ivet and eold the tubers are Jiot so good. Give every attention to weeding, thinning and cleaning the ground between growing crops. Plant out cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce, and also sow a little seed. Keep celery and leeks free froru weeds, and earth up the plants as required. As soon as the ground is cleared of crops, either dig or hoe it over, and sow a green crop such as oats; Digging and trenching of the ground can now be done. Trenching is slow and heavy work, and the best way is to arrange the crops so that a portion can he done each year . Rhubarb, particularlv the Winter ^Tftriety, should have the soil broken

up and a liberal dressing of uiauure applied. Runner heans are still producing fair crops, especially where the pods have been closely picked. Onions that were sown earlier will | need weeding. and the soil alongside | the rows stirred. S-owiugs may still be made. but the bcds should he in a well-drained position. Rememher, in ]>reparing the ground for Winter crops, that anything that can he done to throw off excessive wet is a distinct advantage. Rnisod becls, sand, leal'soil, or old manure and deep diggins all lielp in this direction.