466 Kitchen garden disflayed. 



January orFebruary, and March, April andMay; 

 tirfl in a warin border or quarter, ^.fterwards 

 in any open compartments, all fowed broad- 

 caft thinly, and rake in the feed ; when the 

 plants are come up with leaves an inch broad, 

 thin and clear them from weeds either by 

 hand, or fmall hoeing wi-th a two-inch hoc, 

 thinning the plants three- or four indies apart ; 

 and when advanced in growth, fome may be 

 cut out for ufc in a thinning order to fix or 

 eight inches diltance, that the remainder may 

 grow llocky, with large fpreading leaves ; 

 and in tliefe different crops, the plants will 

 come in for gathering in April, May, and 

 June, proper for this when the leaves are 

 from about two or three to four, five, or fix 

 inches broad, either cutting the plants whole 

 clean out to the bottom in a thinning man- 

 ner where clofe, or fometimes only the large 

 leaves ; but as thefe crops foon go to feed, 

 when this appears they ma^ be cut clean 

 to the bottom as wanted. 



As tJie plants of each crop, of the Spring 

 and Summer fowing, continue but a fhort 

 time before they fiy to feed, it is proper 

 to fow every month fjom January or Febru- 

 ary till March, then every three weeks till 

 the beginning of May, when, and in June, 

 fow once a fortnight, all in open fituations, 

 otherwife will foon fly to Q:cd, and if required 

 all Summer, continue fowing the fame fort 

 till Augait, managing the whole as direded 

 above. 



In fowing Spring fpinach in February, 

 March, and April, it may occafionally be 



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