=Plot A.=--Plant or sow the onions in rows a foot apart as early in
the month as possible. As the kale and early spring broccoli are used
clear them quickly off the ground, and trench a six-foot breadth of
ground next the onions, one and a half spits deep only, being most
careful not to bring any old manure up to the top spit. At the bottom
of the trench put a small dressing of manure and a dusting of kainit,
and fork it in before returning the earth. Towards the end of the month
sow one row of parsnips next the onions; as parsnips are not in very
great demand, this should be sufficient. Before sowing in this, and
all, newly trenched ground, tread it well to consolidate it and make it
firm, choosing a dry day for the purpose.
=Plot B.=--Two rows of early peas may be sown this month, one row sown
as soon as the next earlier peeps through. The rows should be of Little
Marvel or some similar dwarf and early kind, placed thirty inches
asunder, and spinach should be sown between the rows.
If the broad beans are not in sow them at once.
=Plot C.=--Keep the ground hoed between the spring cabbage, and give
them a slight sprinkle of nitrate of soda in showery weather.
Plant seven rows of early potatoes (such as May Queen) about the 20th,
the rows should be about thirty inches apart, the potatoes a foot in
the row.
=Permanent Crops.=--Earth up the rest of the seakale. Dig a slight
dressing of old manure into the artichoke ground and replant.
=Frames.=--Sow tomatoes, leeks, Brussels sprouts, Autumn Giant
cauliflower, autumn broccoli, lettuce (both dwarf and main crop),
cucumber, vegetable marrow, mustard and cress, and if there is a frame
to spare, sow forcing carrot, radish, and a sprinkle of forcing lettuce.