Mar.] The Kitchen Garden. 119 



So^wing Onions and Leeks. 



Onions or leeks for the mam crop fliould be Town the 

 beginning or middle of this month, provided it wa^ not 

 done in the latter end cf February. 



This feed Ihould be fown on rich ground, and where it 

 is not ilubborn and wet. 



Having fixed on a proper fpot, it will be of great ad- 

 vantage to fpread a good quantitf of rotten dung thereon, 

 and dig it in one fpade deep ; this will greatly promote the 

 growth of the plants, and their roots will grow to a larger 

 iize. 



The feeds of the onions and leeks, may either be fown 

 together, or on feparate pieces or beds, obferving the 

 rules mentioned laft month. 



The ground being dug and laid level, particular care 

 fhould be taken to fow the feed at fuch a time when the 

 ground will readily ra-ke. Moll ground will- rake beft 

 immediately after it is dug ; fome requires to lie a day or 

 two ; fome will rake better after a Ihower of rain ; but 

 the rule is, let the feed be fown when you find the ground 

 will readily break or fall to pieces under the rake without 

 clogging thereto ; and let it be obferved, that the fooncr 

 any feed is fown after the ground is dug, the quicker it 

 will grow. 



The ground where they are to be fown, may either be 

 divided into beds, or they may be fown all over it in one 

 continued plat ; but if fown in beds, with alleys between, 

 it will be more convenient to go in to weed, hoe, and thin 

 the plants. 



The beds fhould be four feet and a half, or five feet 

 broad, allowing about a foot for .an alley between bed 

 and bed. 



In fowing thefe feeds, either in beds or otherwife, let 

 them be fowed on the rough fuiface broad call ; and it 

 will be advifeable, in that lowed in one continued fpace, 

 in light loofe ground, that, as loon as the feeds are 

 fown, firft to tread the ground all over with the feet almcft 

 clofe together, that the feed may be more regularly buried an 

 equal depth ; then rake it into the ground evenly : for by 

 thus treading in the feed, it in a manner fixes them 

 juft where they fall from the htmd, and the treading 

 alfo fettles the ground equally in every part ; fo as 

 when you come to rake it, you iliay Hand upon any 



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