A YEAR'S GARDENING 



MAY 14 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Prick out seedlings of half-hardy 

 annuals into a slight hot-bed day by day as they become ready. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Sow Kidney Beans of all sorts. 



Flower Garden. — Sow Zinnias in the open border, choosing a 

 southern aspect if possible. 



MAY 15 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Plant the off-sets taken from the 

 Cucumbers into the frames emptied of the half-hardy annuals, 

 or make a sowing of seed. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant out Brussels Sprouts and 

 Cabbages at every opportunity the weather permits. M^e a sowing 

 of small Cabbage. 



Flower Garden. — ^Look to the hedges and trim and clip them 

 where required. 



MAY 16 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Put out the bedding plants into a cold 

 frame for gradual hardening preparatory for planting in the open, 

 removing the frame-lights ^together. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Thin out the main crop of Carrots 

 and Parsnips and make a sowing for the main crop of Beet. 



Flower Garden. — Make a special bed for the cultivation of fine 

 specimens of Ten-Week Stocks, choosing a border which was well 

 manured in the previous autumn, and where each seedling is to be 

 planted take out a shovelful of earth and replace it with good potting 

 compost. 



MAY 17 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Plant for summer flowering some 

 tubers of Tuberoses in pots filled with a compost of good locim and 

 coarse sand, plunging the pots into a hot-bed. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Make a small sowing of Stump- 

 rooted Intermediate Carrots, to be pulled young. 



Flower Garden. — Complete yesterday's work. 



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