HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-04-27, Page 42Increase- the variety ''and color
in your garden this year. Crow
annuals from seed. •
A dollar or two -will buy .a few.
packets of
more
that will. help
create a more interesting and
colorful .garden, says. R.A.Flem-
. ing, Ontario Ministry Of Agricult-
ure and Food Horticulturist. •
• Plants such ''as calendula,
bachelor's.. hUtton,. cornflower,
corcopsis, cosmos or nasturtium
can be sown outdoors as wen. as
the soil can be prepared.
Other annuals such as baby's.
breath, nemophila, scabiosa aria
•nemesia, ,and vines such as
morning glory, sweet pea, thumb-
. ergia and the clock vine, can also
be. grown successfully from seed.
Most animals ran be sown from
.early to. .mid-May. 'Calendula, •
cornflower: -larkspur and snap-
dragon can be sown as early as
late, April, •
Sow the seeds Ihinly • on ' a
well-prepared, moist seedbed.
Seeds „should he covered ,lightly
.'and the .'seedlied kept moist .until.
seedlings emerge.
To avoid unnecessary competit- •
ion,' rennive weak otovercrowded
plants. Allow 'eight to ten inches •
between plants. Mr. Fleming.
says that althOugh further thinn,
ing may be required as the plants
groW, these young plants may be •
transplanted to open arcas,of the
garden in Much the same Way as
boxed plants.
Annuals allowe rd,te.go to seed
often stop flowering, so remove.
Spent r or faded (lowers to encour-
age new shoots.
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Add vegetabks to your
feet (or linear). Then carefully
rake or cultivate it into the 'soil.
You might also consider using a
liigh-Soluble fertilizer such as
20-20-20. Mix one tablespoon of
soluble fertilizer to.each gallon, of
water and water your garden with
it. Every other watering, use the
:'fertilizer-Water combination at
half-strength, , • .
Don't over4ertilize. your
vegetable garden, especially
tomatoes, once the 'plants arc
established, or they will produce
too much vegetative growth, and
not enough. fruit. If' you don't
.have a compost pile, dig the tops
of radishe,s, carrots, onions and S(1
on, back into the ground. it's not
the best way of compOSting, but
it's better than tossing -them out.
•Vegctables grown in a home
garden ha.ve--4thequaled flavour-
. because you pick them at the peak
of'freshness and taste. it makes
planting even a few vegetables
Very worthwhile. To help plan
your vegetable garden, obtain
Publication 536, Vegetable
Garden REquirements, from yew'
lOcal office of the Ontario
MiJistiy of Agriculture' and Food, k
Parliainent Buildings, Toronto,
'447A I.A5.
A few h erbS are also a welcome
addition to r, the garden. Plant
the in the. foundation areas or
rockery. Select ,herbs that you
VVingham
By Russ Gommo •
()Mario Ministry'of Agilcultore
and Food
You know how easily .clothes
can be mixed and matched.
Gardens can be mix-matches, too.
Try mixing some vegetables in ;
with your annuals and perennials.
Any small area in y6ur garden
can produce vegetables: perhaps
a I5.-square-foot area between'
flowering shrubs or a .10 by 10
foot annual bed. These small
open spaces can produce' fresh
vegetables with excellent quality
and taste at little cost.
The key , to home • grown
'vegetables is well-prepared soil.
Well-drained, open spaces in full
sunshine are ideal:- Shrubs that
'may shade garden areas. should
he _pruned ,back beforehand ,Dig
in compost. peat moss or manure
to enrich the soil before planting.
A simple way , to impro've soil
texture is to add coarse sand to '
clay soils. or clay to sandy soils.
• You Might try tomatoes, beans.
onions. peppers, cucumbers, and
radisfies. Buy, your seed as 'early
,
as you can.' A rule of thumb in'•
sowing the seed is to cover it .to
twiee-,its diameter.
Beans: encumbers and--
tomatoes (..ati he trained to climb
on wires or string on the back
fence. Plastic netting is - also
available . in garden centres. •
these climbers -make excellent
screens and.greenbackgrOunds to
show off annual flowers too.
Onions, including the sweet
Spanish variety, can be bought as
sets or seedlings, 'Plant them
about one inch, apart.. In, about
three weeks, pull out every other
one for use as green onions,'
Continue :Thinning periodically
until the onions 'arc four or five
inches apart, These rentaining
onions can he left td' roveto full
size. - This procedure makes
maXimum use of available space.
Radishes, • because they are
small and. mitturer fast, are
naturals for' small garden plots.
Two or three cropean be grown
in a season by planting seeds Over
several week's.
It' available. space is large
enough, consider. putting in
lettuce, beets, carrots and herbs.
Avoid cortt, squash, pumpkin and
watermelon, since these plants
take up too,. much space,.
• Fertilize, when pla,its.are two to.
three inches high..Buy a general
garden fertilizer without
herbicides:` It can be sidedp•ssed
or sprinkled bet wex.n plants to a
rate br. 1/2 pound per sq uare
lower garden
like. Some of the most popular are They can be grown tram seed or
sage, savory, thyme and basil. purchased as young perennials.
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