iv.] MARCH 191 



GARDENING IN MARCH 



THIS is the great season for the garden work. Almost 

 every kind of seed may be sown in the month of March. 

 Of course the weather is our master, and it is mere waste 

 of time to fight against it. Every advantage should be 

 taken of fine intervals, for a great deal of our success in 

 the growing of Onions, Parsnips, and Carrots depends 

 on their being sown early and whilst the ground is in 

 a dry state ; yet it is better to wait to the end of the 

 month, or even till the next, than to sow on damp, pasty 

 soil. 



An important subject in every garden to be considered 

 this month is the proper rotation of crops. The result 

 of raising the same sorts of vegetables for many years 

 in succession on the same ground, is to exhaust it so 

 that no amount of manuring will avail. After Early 

 Potatoes any of the Cabbage tribe may be planted. All 

 tap-rooted vegetables, such as Carrots and Parsnips, which 

 are not to be manured at the time of planting, ought to 

 be succeeded by sorts which require dung at the time 

 of planting,* as Celery, Potatoes, and Cabbages. It is 

 a good practice to dress onion and carrot ground with 

 soot, or fresh lime, or salt. 



Where the ground has been ridged, the advantage 

 of this system over flat digging will now appear it 

 can be levelled and sown after even a few days of 

 dry weather. 



* See page 117. 



