96 GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES 



of soil with that of the carrot bed. This method will 

 allow for due observance of correct rotation and enable 

 the gardener to grow the tall climbing plants where they 

 will be least in the way. 



Peas. Where these are much appreciated, three kinds 

 should be grown : Carters' Eight Weeks or Chelsea Gem 

 for forcing ; Laxton's Superb or Early Morn for the first 

 earlies ; and the following Marrowfats for main crops : 

 Quite Content, Glory of Devon, and Alderman. 



To force peas, procure some fair-sized pots, place a 

 layer of broken earthenware inside to pro vide for drainage 

 and half fill with a good compost of rich leaf mould and 

 well-spent manure. Sow a few seeds in December (half 

 a dozen in a six-inch pot), and maintain at a temperature 

 of 55. When the seedlings have shot up add more 

 compost, almost filling the pot. In time, train the plants 

 to slight stakes, giving plenty of air and water occasionally, 

 sometimes with well-diluted manure liquid. If preferred, 

 the plants may be hardened in a cold frame and bedded 

 out in March, care being taken to protect them against 

 frost by coverings of straw. 



For first-early or main-crop peas, a trench two and a 

 half feet deep and one foot wide should be dug. At the 

 bottom of this, manure is placed and then a six-inch layer 

 of good soil containing a few handfuls of soot is added. 

 After making this firm the peas are placed (in March for 

 earlies and late April for main crops) in two rows thus, 



a space of four or five inches separating the seeds. Two 

 inches of fine soil is then spread over them, and this 



