A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look through pea-sticks and 

 stakes and decide what further supply will be needed. 



Flower Garden. — Gently stir with a small fork the surface of the 

 beds stocked with herbaceous plants. 



JANUARY 4 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the heap of compost for spring 

 potting and see that it is thoroughly dry. Sow Radishes for suc- 

 cession in frame. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Collect and bum all refuse and 

 rubbish, storing the ashes in a dry place for future use. 



Flower Garden. — If any beds intended for bedding-out plants 

 have not been manured they should be done now. 



JANUARY 5 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Wash and dry pots which will be 

 required, and prepare stakes, labels, etc. Sow Early Peas in 4-in. 

 pots placed in a frame. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — If any ground still needs trenching 

 and manuring start to-day. 



Flower Garden. — Plant Crocuses and any other hardy bulbs to 

 succeed those planted in the autumn. 



JANUARY 6 

 Greenhouse and Frames. — Prepare hot-beds for forcing Sea-kale. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue digging and preparing 

 ground. 



Flower Garden. — Where autvunn-planted bulbs are beginning to 

 show, protect them from frost with light litter. 



JANUARY 7 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look over all the plants in house and 

 exterminate vermin of any kind. Beware of mildew — free ventila- 

 tion is the remedy. 



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