THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



ONIONS. Use the hoe freely to keep the ground loosened in 

 the Onion beds. Plant out any that are ready in rich, deeply-dug 

 soil and water well. Also sow thickly for use in salad. 



PARSNIPS. Thin out to about a foot apart. 



PEAS. Sow for succession; some advise that at this time of 

 year the sowing should be made in rather shallow trenches, likely to 

 hold water better if the weather is very dry. Earth up and stick 

 those ready for it. 



POTATOES may still be planted if wished, and wiU do well. 

 Earth up carefully those ready. 



RADISHES. Sow for succession and water well. 



RHUBARB may stUl be divided if not already done. 



SAVOYS. A dwarf kind, if sown now, will be found useful in 

 the winter. 



SEA-KALE. Clear away the litter and fork the ground well 

 between the rows. In very dry weather give one or two good 

 waterings, otherwise leave until December. 



SPINACH. Sow on a north border for succession. 



TOMATOES. The plants for the open border should be hardened 

 off and planted out late in this month, or early next. Tomato plants 

 will need the support of sticks when they are in their final position, 

 which should, if possible, be a sunny spot under a south wall. If 

 grown in beds, plenty of room must be given. 



TURNIPS. Sow on fresh-dug ground and in showery weather. 

 Thin out those that are up. 



VEGETABLE MARROWS. Seeds may be sown in this month 

 in the open ground, but it is a better plan to have plants previously 

 raised under glass to put out, when the weather is favourable, into 

 rich, warm beds. Guard against frost and slugs. When the marrows 

 are in readiness to be cut, remember that overgrown fruit exhausts 

 the plant. 



JUNE 



This is usually a dry month, and the principal work the garden 



generally requires now is watering and weeding. Although in other 



directions the greatest activity is over for the present, there must be 



no slackness allowed either with the hoe or the watering-pot. Only 



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