Round the Year in the Garden 



In the Kitchen Garden 



The time-honoured advice given to kitchen gardeners 

 early in the year, is to make out, and dispatch, the order for 

 seeds, and there is sound reason for it. Possessing the 

 seeds, one is able to take advantage of suitable weather 

 conditions for sowing. It is disappointing to have the 

 ground 'prepared, yet to be unable to proceed when the 

 opportunity offers, simply because one had failed to order 

 seeds. Further, having decided to grow certain varieties 

 of vegetables, it is annoying to find that they are sold out. 

 It is wise to prepare a rough plan of the ground to be 

 cropped, then an approximately correct quantity of seed 

 can be ordered. 



Vacant ground ought to be dug as opportunity offers, 

 manure being used if the crop is such as to require freshly 

 manured land. The protection of Globe Artichoke and 

 Celery, by scattering a little strawy litter over them, is 

 advisable in severe weather. Parsley may be protected 

 by placing a frame over part of the bed, and Broccoli by 

 breaking the leaves over the heads. 



Forcing Vegetables. The forcing of Rhubarb, Sea- 

 kale and Chicory is easily accomplished by lifting the 

 roots and placing them in boxes of soil in a dark shed, or 

 other covenient position, as, for example, beneath the 

 greenhouse stage, providing the side is covered in. Rhu- 

 barb and Seakale are easily forced out of doors now, by 

 covering the roots with large pots and placing manure 

 round about them. Perpetual Spinach is an invaluble 

 vegetable, and roots from which the leaves have been 

 gathered may be lifted and placed in pots or boxes of soil 

 in a warm greenhouse ; a fresh crop will soon be available 

 for gathering. Mint is easily obtained by lifting and 

 potting a few roots and growing them in the greenhouse- 



It is advisable to make an early start in planting 

 Horseradish, for a long season of growth is necessary. 

 Roots about 8 inches long and -- inch wide are covered 



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