THE TAR HEEL GARDNER
By John A. Harris,
N. C. Extension Service.
It may sound foolish to you, but
I keep a calendar of garden work;
things to do each week—where I
can see it daily. At times, when
I can’t get anything done, I’m
tempted to throw it away; but it
at least helps me to do the more
important things and the things
that can’t wait.
Here are some of the jobs on
my list for the next few weeks.
Perhaps you too need to do these
jobs. As usual, I have procrastin
ated in doing my fall pruning.
This is my next job. On my list to
pruned are the grape vines,
4Rpple and peach trees (include oth
er fruit trees if you have them),
and those shrubs that bloom in
late summer such as Butterfly
Bush, Crapemyrtle, Abelia and
others. Some of the evergreens
need some pruning, too, but most
of this is done as it is needed dur
ing the growing season.
As soon as the pruning is fin
ished, the fruit trees must be
sprayed before the buds swell with
an oil emulsion. This job is now
a pleasure since I have a small
15 gallon capacity sprayer. This
sprayer is motor-driven and really
does a thorough job. It’s light
enough to pull around with one
hand, which makes it easy to
handle.
It's plenty early yet, but I’ll
take the first opportunity to set
lut cabbage, plant garden peas,
Ppinach, radish and onions. The
T>est garden peas I ever made were
planted on January 2. Of course,
I should also tell you those years
when they were killed when plant
ed in January. You always take
a chance with early plantings, but
late plantings are just about as
risky.
Then, there is that order for
roses still on my desk. Also a
dozen, or so shrubs in my yard
waiting to be moved. Last year
it was April before I finished my
transplanting. All of the plants
lived, but I had to s^eeep, them
watered all summer. It’s $uch bet
ter to finish planting trees and
shrubs by the mid of February.
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