MAY

=Plot A.=--Keep weeded; thin the parsnips to six inches, the other

roots to single plants.

=Plot B.=--Sow the two last rows of peas (such varieties as “Ne plus

ultra” or Continuity) five feet apart, about ten days between the

sowings, plant leeks out, between these rows in a shallow trench, with

some old manure forked in at the bottom. Plant out more lettuce.

=Plot C.=--Earth up the potatoes early in the month for the last

time, and the same day put out one row each of cauliflower and autumn

broccoli between the rows, and five rows of Brussels sprouts, the

plants should be thirty inches apart.

=Frames.=--Prick out and harden off celery. Repot tomatoes and

vegetable marrows. The tomatoes should be now moved to the glass-roofed

tool-shed, keep them near the glass, and put the strongest out in large

pots or boxes to remain there.

=Seed Bed.=--Prick out the winter and spring brassicas, just a few

plants more than will be required. Sow radish and lettuce.

=Permanent Crops.=--Thin out the seakale shoots.

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