VEGECULTURE MONTH BY MONTH 183 



2. Burn all rubbish that is not fit to dig into the 



ground. Save the potash. 



3. Transplant January-sown lettuces, as required, 



from now onwards. 



4. Sow, towards the end of the month, early varieties 



of cabbages. 



5. Plant cloves of garlic. 



6. Sow early peas in the open. 



7. Sow onions in the bed already prepared. 



8. Sow lettuces in the open from now till August. 



9. Sow radishes every fortnight. 



10. Sow mustard and cress weekly at first, and, when 



more greenstuff is procurable, every fortnight. 



11. Watercress may be sown in pots now. 



12. At the end of this month make a sowing of spinach 



beet. 



13. Put the finishing touches to the asparagus bed. 



14. If the weather is seasonable harden the Brussels 



sprout seedlings. 



15. Sow celery and celeriac in shallow boxes, in heat. 



16. Early potatoes may be planted if the ground is 



suitable. 



APRIL. 



1. Sow kale for the winter. 



2. Stake the early peas. 



3. Transplant the January-sown onions. 



4. Sow carrots both early and main-crop varieties, 



early in the month. 



5. During the first few days of April sow seeds of the 



vegetable marrow. 



6. Sow beetroots on a portion of last year's potato 



bed. 



