How to manage a Garden 



grow in a light soil. In a heavy soil they can seldom be 

 relied on, and are very likely to crack. Sow thinly, thin 

 out early, and keep the hoe freely at work between the 

 rows. Both carrots and parsnips may be grown to a large 

 size by making holes two to two-and-a-half feet deep with a 

 crowbar, and filling up with fine soil. This is only 

 advisable for exhibition. Dig up the roots with a fork and 

 store in dry sand. 



Leeks need to be sown in drills in March, and when 

 of a fair size planted in shallow trenches in a way similar 

 to celery, though the trenches need not be so deep. Some 

 growers nip off the points of the leaves, but there is no real 

 advantage in this. The plants should be set out from nine 

 inches to one foot apart, and if large produce is required 

 they should be frequently watered with liquid manure. 

 Earth them up in early autumn, and when blanched use 

 them as required. The Musselburgh leek is by far 

 the best. 



Onions. To get onions out early they should be sown 

 in boxes early in the year, and kept in a warm frame. 

 Thin the plants in the boxes early, and put in a cold frame 

 to harden off before being put outside. Plant out in April 

 in rows fifteen inches apart, but do not bury deeply. 

 Whether for planting or sowing the ground should be 

 deeply dug and afterwards made firm. Furthermore, good 

 varieties should be chosen, such as Ailsa Craig, Giant Rocca, 

 and James' Keeping. Keep down weeds during summer, 

 and pull the bulbs when well ripened. For keeping up a 

 continuous supply sow also in August. 



Parsnips. Like the carrot and beet the parsnip also 

 resents fresh manure, which tends to make forky roots. 

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