60 
Sept. 
: ve COMPLEAT BODY. 
der a Wall; -and fow the Bends deeper than at 
other Times. Turnep, Crefs, Muttard and Radifl, 
are the four beft Kinds; their Mixture makes a | 
very good Sallad, and they will, with this Care, 
saves very well. . If they fhould be fown fhallow, 
or more expos’d, the Frofts would loofen their | 
Roots, and they would come.to nothing; © * 
Let the Gardener’s next Care be shoe ge carpse 
his Afparagus Beds..  » |. : | 
The old Stalks are to’ be, cut off, iad. laid by in | 
Heaps, and the Weeds are to be clear’d away with 
When the Beds are thus clean’d, let the 
them. : 
Surface be ftir’d with a Hoe and Rake, and fpread 
over it a moderate Covering of the old Dung from © 
one or more of the Summer’s Cucumber-Beds. 
Then pare the Alleys between the Beds, and 
ftrew - 
this over the Beds upon the old Dung, and give all 
break the Earth, that is taken off, fine: 
a gentle Watering. 
-may be made of the Alleys. 
Let the Heaps of Weeds-be dug-in and well | 
covered, and thefe will ferve as a Manuré..: 
Alleys lying low between the Beds, will be a 
fine fheltered Spot for fome Colewort Plants. . 
Thefe will be very fecure,; and being planted at 
three Foot diftance, in a fingle Row in-each Alley, 
they will have abundant Nourifhment, without 
“doing the Afparagus any Harm. 
They will ftand thofe Winters which deftroy 
the common Crops; and they may be taken away 
before the’ Time of the Spring-dreffing of the Beds. 
Let a Piece of Ground be well chofen for a 
Crop of Beans” and “Peafe: it mmuft be de- 
fended from Cold, and open to the South Sun. 
Dig into this fome Sand and Coal-afhes; and then 
plant it half with Beans, and. fow the other ‘half 
with Peafe. If thefe ftand the Winter, they will 
come in ata ‘fine Seafon ;* and’ they will be the | 
more like to do it, for this Practice of digging in 
the dry and warm Ingredients. 
Reafon. ©» . 
There is nothing gives the Frofts fach' Power | 
upon the Kitchen-Garden Crops, as Wet. It is 
found univerfally, that when other Things are 
alike, thofe Herbs planted in dry Places furvive the 
Frofts, which kill thofe on wet: ‘Ground. This is 
an artificial’ Method ‘of rendering the Earth lefs | 
able to clod and crack about them. 
In a Garden well manag’d in the Article of 
Sowing, there will be Cauliflowers now beginning to 
get Heads. Thefe require Care, and’ they will 
come to Perfeétion at a Time when they: will be — 
very valuable. 
They fhould be now defended from Sun and 
Rain; and yet there is a Neceffity of their having 
a free Air. The Rains will rot them: ; and 
the Sun, while it brings them forward, will make 
them yellow. 
The Method to keep then found ahd white, is 
It is a Practice | | 
known to few, but it is founded on the plaineft - 
~ not to be had hea the Fields. 
‘to cover them wis iid own Leaves. © The ihrer 
‘Leaves fhould be crack’d atthe Rib, and bent: 
down over them; in this Condition they will be 
fhadow’d, and yet have Air enough; and they 
will grow quick and finely. 
OBuaézoli fhould ‘now be in a promifing Condi — 
‘tion; and ‘due Care being taken of it; there will 
be after this little Danger. The fanie good 
Growth that forwards it at this Time, expofes it 
‘more to the coming Frofts , 
thefe, and’ at the fame Time encreafe its Vigour, 
proceed thus : ies | 
_ Break the Earth between the Plants, very tho- 
roughly, to the Depth of: five Inches, and draw a 
good deal of it about their Stalks: . The two'Ad- 
vantages arifing from this; are obvious : the Earth 
is broke, and by that rendered fitter for nourifhing 
the Plants; and their extreme: Roots are broken 
| off; and therefore there is a new Parcel form’d 
~The Beds being thus taken Care of, fome Uke { 
for {preading in it. At the fame Time that their 
Stalks are defended and fupported againit the - 
‘Severities of the ‘Weather. - 3 
Two Cautions are ‘to be us’d «in doing it: 
the firft is, to chufe a ood Day, when the Earth — 
to protect it from . 
Sept. 
is dry; and the next is, to pile it up to adue 
Height, without Damage. 
The Muthroom Weds, eae as we ee Be. 
rected, continue producing abundantly ; but they 
muft be defended from the approaching Cold 
| and Wet. The Frofts will prevent the fhooting of 
_ the Mufhrooms, and the cold Rains will rot the 
Spawn.’ 
Some, for is Purpofe, cover them with 
' Frames and Glaffes; but this, though a very fafe . 
Method, is not a good one. The Beds produce 
in Abundance by this Practice, but the Mufhrooms 
will be bad. 
rooms are inferior to thofe of the Field: and thefe 
are worft of all; the fimother’d Vapour .of the 
Dung ¢ gives them a naufeous Flavour. ; 
_ The Farmer fhews the Gardener what: he fhould 
do in this Café; the fame Caution. by which he 
defends his Stacks of Hay, will anfwer in this 
| Manner for the. Mufhroom Beds; that is the cO- 
vering them with a Ridge of Thatch. 
Let this be carefully | laid on, made fufficiently : 
thick, and brought down low enough, and it will 
anfwer all the Purpofes ; the Rain. will be. carry’d 
clear off,. and the Froft will, for that Rsafbn;, 
have little Power. © | 
| “In this Manner the Miathroom Bed will a4 tts 
proper Office ; it will produce in Abundance dur- 
ing the Winter; and that is a Time when they are 
This is the great Ufe of thefe Beds. ; and the 
Muthrooms will be as well flavour’d as any rais’d 
on Beds can be. oe 
EDEN: 
We haye sheieig: -before, that the Bed Muth- | 
If the Heart of the | 
. Plant be cover’d, it is asia inftead of being 
| preferv’d. 
* 
