186 GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES 



7. If no seeds of the tomato were planted in January 



buy small plants in pots. 



8. Sow chives in shallow rows. 



9. Thin carrots towards the end of the month, and 



repeat the operation six weeks later. Treat 

 onions, beetroots, and parsnips the same way. 



10. Stake the main-crop peas. 



11. Sow runner and dwarf beans, after soaking. 



12. Pick and dry the delicate leaves of mint for winter 



use. 



13. Bed out seakale. 



14. Eradicate weeds. 



15. Water the young plants carefully. 



16. Tie up lettuces. 



JUNE. 



1. This is a busy month, tending the growing 



seedlings. 



2. Scrape the earth away from the sides of the 



shallots. 



3. Remove the tops of the broad bean stalks, if 



attacked by the fly. 



4. Tie up the tomato plants, pinch out the leaf buds, 



and attend to other cultural requirements. 



5. Cut early cabbages, but leave the stalk with the 



four lowest leaves ; a second crop of leaves will 

 be thus provided. 



6. Bed out April-sown cauliflowers. 



7. Bed out broccoli for cutting between September 



and December, and transplant to temporary 

 quarters those for cutting between January and 

 April. 



8. Earth up all potatoes. 



