no Hoe Gardeners Kalendar. Apr. 



of the feed bed, but only thin them, taking out 

 the large ones, and leaving the fmaller plants to 

 get ftrength.3oql f. 



Hoe the ground between your rows of Beans 

 and Peas, and draw the earth up to their ftems, 

 v/hich will ftrengthen them^ for by clearing 

 the ground from weeds, the pj ants will thrive 

 better. ■,-OQt^07'»?^^ .it^JT^'' \y eJh'^e* ':. 



After a (hower of rain, draw the earth up 

 to the ftems of your Cabbage and Cauliflower 

 plants, which were planted either in autumn, 

 or early in the fpring. This is abfolutely ne- 

 cefTary, to guard their ftems from the fun and 

 wind, which dry and harden them ; but in do- 

 ing of this there ftiould be great care taken not 

 to draw the earth up into their hearts, which 

 will deftrov them. • ^ai; .u. .in^^i^' '■' 



Be careful to deftroy fnailsaiidflugs, which, 

 at this feafon, are invited abroad by gentle 

 fhowers of rain, when they may be eafily 

 taken ; for if they are fufFered to remain, they 

 will fopn increafe greatly, and become very 

 troublefome and deftrudiveto many of your 

 crops.- -y-' - -..r.,: ^'r:\L^. l^.z 2Z^-^ ■ 



If the nights prove cbld>vyQd muft be care- 

 ful to cover the glaffes over your early Cucum- 

 bers and Mclops; for the young fruit is very 

 finm -"h^-^ h^^^ fubje(^ 



5 



