14 The Kitchen Garden, [Jan. 



face of the earth ; and having finiHied placing one row, pro- 

 ceed again with the digging, laying the ground againll: their 

 flalks and roots, and raife it gradually round the bottom of 

 each head ; continuiag with the digging till advanced three 

 feet from the row of plants, then prepare the trench as be- 

 fore, and phmt another row in the fame manner, above- 

 mentioned ; and fo proceed till the whole is planted. They 

 will (lioot up into ftalks in the fpring, for flower and feed; 

 which will ripen in Augufl following. 



Earth up Celery* 



When the weather is open, take advantage of a dry day 

 to earth up fuch celery that requires it. 



Let the earth be well broken, and laid up to the plants 

 lightly, that they may not be cruflied down, or bruifcd, 

 raifmg the earth very near the top of the plants : for if fe- 

 vere froft fets in, it will deftroy all fuch parts of the plants 

 as are above ground ; and if much of the plants fliould hap- 

 pen to be out of the ground in fuch weather, and be there- 

 by deflroyed, it will alfo occalion a decay of thofe parts 

 that are within the ground. 



In fome families, thefe plants are required every day ; 

 but if the ground is frozen hard, you cannot eafily take 

 them up : you (hould, therefore, at the approach of fevcre 

 weather, either cover fome of the rows with dry long lit- 

 ter, which will prevent the ground from being frozen, and 

 will alfo proted- the plants ; or, at the approach of fe- 

 vere weather, there may, for the fervice of a family, be a 

 quo.ntity of the plants taken up in a dry day : carry them 

 into fome (lieltered place, and there lay them in dry earth 

 or fand, as far as their white or blanched part. 



Endive* 



In dry open weather, let fome of the beft full-grown 

 endive be prepared for blanching ; taking opportunity of 

 a dry day, when the plants are alfo dry, and tie the leaves 

 of each plant together, and with afmall hoe draw up fome 

 earth round them feparately, to affiif their whitening and 

 protect them more effectually from frofl : they will be 

 blanched for ufe in a fortnight, proper for fallads, foups, 

 flewing, &c. 



Likewifemay tranfplant endive into ridges of dry earth, 

 for blanching more fecurely from wet and frofl. In a dry 

 mild day, take up a quantity of the belt endive, of full 

 growth, and if the plants appear wet in the heart, may hang 



theni 



