132 THE CULINARY GARDEN. [DEC* 



December* 



KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 



THERE is hardly any thing to be said on this head, 

 further than to refer the reader to last month ; and 

 to advise the speedy fulfilment of the directions 

 there given, respecting the care of the different ve- 

 getables mentioned, if care to preserve them through- 

 out winter have not been taken. It is " the dead 

 " time of the year ;" and if the articles advised 

 to be sown in October and November have not been 

 sown, they may as well now be delayed till next 

 month ; as in all probability the seeds might lie in 

 the ground in a state of inactivity, and so would be 

 the more liable to perish* 



Of trenching and digging Ground. 

 /Work, for the melioration of the soil, may go on, 

 as directed last month, if the weather will permit. 

 But it is by no means advisable, even for this pur- 

 pose, to trench or dig ground in a wet state ; nor 

 to bury in it, much snow, in trenching or digging. 

 It is wrong to trench or dig in manure so, though 

 we see it done every day. The workmen had bet- 



