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THE AMATEUR’S KICTHEN GARDEN. 
March. 
“Worse than the sun in March, 
This praise doth nourish agues.” 
Wheel out manure to the plots that are to be sown or 
planted this month and next, and dig the ground over deeply, 
and leave rough. If the ground is well drained, plant at 
once the main crop of potatoes, but on damp soils wait till 
next month. It is not safe to manure for potatoes, but 
charred rubbish, old mortar, and other dry materials may be 
used to lighten the soil and nourish the crop. For main 
crops choose a plot that was well manured last year ; for 
early sorts that are to come up before the autumn rain set 
in, manure may be dug into the trenches. Potatoes are best 
planted in trenches, and covered loosely with soil ; dibbling 
is apt to cause rotting, by the holes getting filled with water. 
Make new plantations of artichokes. Horseradish may be 
planted in any spare corner, but the ground should be dug 
deeply, and the roots will come finer if the subsoil is well 
manured. The crowns should be planted fifteen inches deep 
and six inches apart every way, and the holes filled with fine 
coal ashes. Mark out onion beds, and let the soil be liberally 
manured. Get ready for all succession al summer crops, so as- 
to have the ground firm and well sweetened in time to receive' 
them. Sow turnip, long radish, main crop of parsnips, horn 
carrot, cauliflower, cabbage, savoy, broccoli, main crop of 
onions, peas, beans, lettuce, leeks, spinach, parsley, and small 
salads. 
Cuttings of bush fruits may still be put in. Grafting should 
not be delayed, as the sap is now rising. Pruning and clean- 
ing ought to have been eompleted long ago ; if not so, let 
your motto be, “ Better late than never.’’ Burn all the 
prunings and clipping of trees, hedges, etc., and use the 
ashes as a top-dressing for quarters of bush fruits. Mulch 
raspberries with half-rotten dung, and take care that they are 
not dug between. Lay down plenty of manure between 
strawberries. 
Sow in pans or pots tender annuals, melons, cucumbers, 
capsicums, tomatoes, and a few pans of celery, lettuce, French 
beans, etc., etc,, for planting out early on warm sheltered 
slopes. Many of the plants wintered in frames will now need 
repotting and other attentions. It will be well, towards the 
