70 Of rural mi extenfme Gardenings 



ot our Gardeners, that have been' carcleflyf 

 made. '/I 



If the Ground be frefli and clear frotn^ 

 Wdeds, fowing with Hay-Seeds, chofe out: 

 of fuch Hay-lofts, where the Hay lyes thali 

 comes out of clear Up-land Paftors : But xii 

 the Ground be coarfe and foul with Weeds^: 

 Turfling is much the better way, fince the- 

 Weeds, will come up To flift^ and fo thick,? 

 that it will endanger the Eradication of youn 

 young tender Grais, and cofl more in weed- 

 mg and keeping afterwards, than would havei 

 turfi'd it. The beft time to fow Hay-feed 

 IS Michaelmas^ or before, or, indeed all the 

 Month oiSe^icMher^ when the Husbandmaa 

 fows his Wheat ^ and, itjnguft be a coolifo 

 Month, even thenit is not too foon, efpe-i 

 daily coniideriug that fuch Seed will nor 

 take a.ny harm by lying , they ought to. 

 be cleared and fettled 5 as for Corn, it being 

 a great Fault to fow it, fo foul as fome) 

 do, wherewith grow up all Sorts of Trafh, 

 which will inevitably fpring up with it, and 

 always look uglj^' 



ji fjhe beft Earth, either for turffing, or 

 fpwlng of Hay-feed, is, the Crumbs, as we 

 exprefi; it- in Gardening, or the next fpit or 

 Shovelling of Mould that lies under the upper 

 Turfi'd.Spit ; f6r> tho' that be fometimes 

 Cloddy, yet by laying it upori theVerges^^ 

 and Qi^arters deugned for Grafs, and expcn 

 fiqg it to the Sun and Air for a Fortnight, 



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