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Ministry of Agriculture Allotment &
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VOL. 1 No. 2
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FEBRUARY - 1945
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February 1945
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"February Fill Dyke" may live up to that old country title末or it may
not. We shall not be so rash as to prophesy what the weather will be, for
though it may be snowing or raining in the North, the South may be basking
in the sun末even if a wintry one. However, if the weather be fine in
February, we shall be anxious to get on to the vegetable plot; if it is not,
then we can do a bit of thinking and planning indoors. We can profitably
take stock of where we stand and make sure that we are ready to start
operations as soon as the weather is right and the ground fit.
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Never
work the soil when it is too wet and sticky and clings in lumps to your
boots. You do more harm than good by walking on it and working it when it is
like that. And that applies also to sowing seeds, for seeds sown in cold,
wet soil will rot instead of germinating, or they will make but poor growth.
If you can settle down to do a bit of thinking and
planning末and plotting things out on paper末it will be worth your while to
read carefully what is said later about the importance of crop rotation. It
may save you a headache in the months ahead if you plan the lay-out of your
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And when you do, bear in mind
what you have got growing now in the way of vegetables. If you have an
abundance and a good selection末and your family eats what you grow末then you
won't go far wrong if you stick to last year's plant (rotating your crops,
of course). But if your wife, or whoever runs the kitchen department,
complains that there is little or nothing in the garden and that shop prices
are high, it would pay you to plan so that you grow your own winter
vegetables末especially greens. But before you get down to planning, have you
yet got or ordered what you will need when you can start outdoor operation?
These are the items:
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