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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 45

January

January.

Kitchen Garden.—This month being generally one of the hottest and driest of the year is therefore the most suitable for the annihilation of weeds, the ground amongst growing crops should therefore be kept stirred with the hoe. If rain fall, a few cabbage plants may be safely planted out, and the following seeds may be sown to keep up a succession:—Kidney beans, peas, beet, carrots, celery, lettuce, onion, radish, turnip, mustard and cress; a few early potatoes may also be planted, and celery for a first crop should be planted in trenches. All the small seeds should be shaded from the intense sun heat either with branches, straw or calico.

In the Flower Garden.—Dahlias and hollyhocks require to be attended to, both should be well mulched and watered occasionally, and well tied to their supports. Roses may be budded and carnations layered. Flower seeds gathered as they ripen, and the whole surface of the ground kept tidy with repeated hoeing and raking. All the early spring bulbs that have matured their stems may now be lifted and stored in dry sand in a cold place, the vacancies being filled up with soft wooded autumn flowering plants, if dull suitable weather. Climbers should be tied up and tall straggling shoots cut back, and the whole kept neat. A few early flowering hardy annuals may be sown.

The Farm.—The harvesting of the grain crops this month will occupy the attention of the farmer, and as soon as this is completed ploughing and scarifying should be attended to. Attention should also be given to the keeping clean of root crops, as carrots, mangolds, chicory, &c. Ground may be prepared for turnips, and a few may even be sown to catch the chance of the first rains. Mangolds may still be sown in late districts.