188 GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES 



15. Protect freshly planted seedlings from the sun. 



16. See that all growth under glass has plenty of air. 



AUGUST. 



1. Leave one or more sprays of beans and peas for 



seed requirements ; pick pods on all others 

 before the seeds mature. 



2. As ground is cleared of crops put in other plants. 



Leave next year's cabbage plot, alone, vacant. 



3. Dust the celery seedlings at intervals with soot and 



earth- up. 



4. Dig up roots of turnip-rooted chevril. 



5. Commence to sow winter spinach and savoys. 



6. Plant leeks in their permanent quarters. 



7. Provide vegetable marrows with copious supplies 



of moisture. 



8. Dry the herbs for winter use just as they begin to 



flower. 



9. Spray main- crop potatoes. 



10. Hand-pick the caterpillars on cabbages. 



11. Keep the hoe going, especially in dry weather. 



12. Kill weeds before they begin to seed. 



13. Liquid manure is of much use during this month. 



14. Harvest all crops that are mature. 



15. Keep a careful watch on the tomatoes. 



SEPTEMBER. 



1. Make preparations for collecting home-grown seed. 



2. Cease sowing outdoor radishes. 



3. Begin to blanch endives. 



4. An autumn sowing of watercress may be made now. 



5. Bed out July-sown coleworts for use next spring. 



