Drying Days
APRIL showers are welcome in their way, but more valuaole to the gardener (because less to be icite4.1 an) al. LhuSs thyme days. fake every opportunity to get the stirrace well broken down The rake is not so good as a thin-toted fork, you can move the fork backwards and for cards until tnc whole top soil 15 line and aerated to a good depth Always allow a little time to settle (it possible). and to an case altet you have sown on a good filth you should always make the surface reasonably firm cithet by ucading of by pressing with a plank It all depends upon the lightless 01 your soil. On drying days sow parsnips, .arrots onions. leeks. lettuces — anything within reason Globe beet— just a few—can be tried in a watm
Bie make the very most of the div days to get a good hoeing done Annual weeds such as chickweed and groundsel are thriving in many a garlea Wnere they cannot be dug in. Inc them off lust below the surface A good dry day will finish them ull ',scum than anything. Hoeing s particularly valuable . where the earliest seedlings are peeping through he soil Clear out everything between the rows before it grows too big Do not les the ground cake too much between shallots or things of that sort If grass plants get a hold in caked soil. they are a meat 'nuance.