New Zealand Spinach
Twenty third week: June.
New Zealand Spinach is exceptionally useful on light soils where the normal summer type is so prone to run to seed. If you have raised , they may now be planted out at two feet apart each way. The reason for this is that the plant has a trailing habit. Seeds may also be sown in the open now.
Gooseberry bushes are often affected with caterpillars at this time of year, and if the pest are allowed to remain undisturbed, defoliation of the attacked bushes will speedily result. Forceful spraying wit clear water in the early morning will dislodge the pest, and the ground beneath the bushes may then be dusted with lime and old soot.
If it is necessary to thin Onions, do the work very carefully, with a view to avoiding undue disturbance of the seedlings. There is no doubt that carless thinning brings about an attack of Onion-fly. After thinning it is a good idea to run the hoe through the rows.
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