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Show The ordering of the Kitchen Garden. 462 the hot fandy orgrauelly grounds, and although it bee longer beforeit bee broughtto mouldthen thatofehorfes,yeuie will outlatt it morethentwice fo long, Let eueryOne ft fit and thereforetakeacéording tothe nature of the ground fich helpes aS aremo y , conuenient as Lhaue here and before fhewed. But I doc here ingenuoufl confefle ny opinion of thefeforcings andhelpingsiof ground, that howfocuerit doth muchgood to fome particular things, which becaafethey delightin heate,and-cannot bebrought to perfeGtion without it ia this our Countrey, which Js colder then théirnaturall from wheneérhcy.arebtought, muft therfore haueartificiall helpes toforward theméy yer for dany“orher things the compoft doth much alterand’abate the natural! vigdhr, and quickeneffe of tafte, that is perceiued in themthat grow ina naturall fat or fandy {oile that is not fo Holpen. Cx weil. The forme ofa Garden ofherbes for necefary vfs, with the ordering thereof. : A S-our-former Garden-of pleafure-is wholly formable.in-euery part.with fquares, trayles, and knots, andto beeftill maintained intheir due formeand beautie: fo onthe contrary fide this Garden cannot long conferue any forme, for.that eucry part thereof .is fubiect to mutation andalteration. For although:itis contlenient that many herbes'doe grow by themfelues on beds,caft dut into fonteproportionfit for them, as Tyme, Hiflope; Sage, &c. yet many others may bee fowentogether ona plotof ground of that largeneffe that may ferue euery mans particular vfe as he fhall-haue occafiento employit, as Reddifh, Lettice and Onions, whichafter they-are grcownevp.together may be drawne vp and taken away,as thefe # occafjofito fpend them’ s{but, Carrots or Parfneps being fowen with others muft bee fufferedto grow laft, becaufe they, require a longer time before they, befit to betaken vp, Other herbes require fome large compafle ofground whereonthey may. grow of themfelues without any other herbes growing among.them,asAstichokes, Cowcumbers,Melons, Pompions. And ome willidoe fo withtheir-Cabbagesalfo, burthebeft and moft frus galway now vied, isto plantthem.round aboutthe border of “your plot orground wherteon you plant Cowcumbers, Pompions, or other things, in.thatby this mekhes fomuch ground will be well faued; andthe other things be no whithindered thereby which elfea great. deale of ground.muft beemployed for,them apart,, So,that bythis that Lhaue herefaid, you mayperceiuethe formeof this Gardenis for the moft pats tobéettill out of forme and order, inthat the continualltaking vwp.of the herbes and eeotes that are fowen and planted, canfeth the’beds.r parts of this Gardento lye broken, difmembered, and out of the orderthat atthe firft it was put, into. Remem- ber herewithall char (as Lfaid before): ‘this Garden:requirethithe, continuallhelpe of faylerebebrought into.it, inthat the plentyiof,thefemannerofi-herbes.and rootes dori fo mitch waftethefertilitie and fatneffe of the ground, that svithout continual! néfrefhing it would quickly become fo peore and barren, that it would.not yeelde the woith of thefredes Theordinary time ro faylea Garden,,.is, to bring: in pranuredot duhg before Chiiftmas,: and. eyther bury it,fome fmalt depth, aottoodecpes oF elie tailayativpontheground thatthe winterfroftes may pierce itand'then turne tt thallow uhtothé grdtind to fow yourfeeds in the Spring, ii04 D idly 10ib Lhe ordering of the KitchenGarden, Cuar. IT. Howtoorder diners Garden herbes, bothfor their owing Spending, and Sathering ofthefeede, f Vr chicfeftandgreateft Gardiners now adaies, doe fo prouide forthetnfelucs cucry, an that fromeheir owne grounds they gather ‘the feedeof ‘many herbes thatthey fowe2gaine:for haning pained the beft kind of diners herbes: they will be till furnithed withthe fame, and be norto fecke euery yeare fornew that oftentimes will not Yeokdethem halfethe profie that their choycefeede will Ifay of many herbes, but nor of all; forthe beft ofthemall hath not ground fufficientfor all forts,nor will our climate bring forme cothat perfe@tion that other forraine doth; and therefore the feedeof fome things:are Continually brought from beyond Sea vantovvs! Andagaine although our chiefe Gardiners doeftill'prouide their ownefeedeofdiviers things from their owne ground,becaufe as Tfaid itis of the beft kinde,yct you muftival derftand alfo, thabgood flereofithefaine fortes offeeds are brought from beyondthé Seas, for that whichis gathered in'this Land is not fiifiicient to ferue every mans vie in thewhole Kingdomecby: many parts ;! yet ftillic is truejthar our Englith feedéoftnany things is better then any-thar commieth from beyond the Seas as for example; Réds dihy Lettice, Carrots; Parfneps; Turneps, Cabbages, and Léckes, of allwhich Tins teid to. write inthis place , for thefeare by them'fo husbandéd,that they doe norfow their owne grounds with any other feede of thele forts ‘but their owne ’: which that youmayknowthe mannerthow-to doe, I will here fetit dowhe): that every one may huethebeft directions if chey willfollowthem, Of Reddifithereare two forts,one nore¢arly chen the other : they vfetherfore're fowtheir early Reddith firft,that they may haue)the earlieftprofic of them, which ismoteworth in one fortnight, then in amonethafters Andcoveffed thisthey, haue fome aftificiall hel fis 4lfo which arethefe: They vfe vo digge vp'a large plot.of ground wherethey intend tofow their feede alit: tlebeforeior after Ohtittmas, caftingitinro-high balkés ortid&es fiue or fixe fooreafunder, which they fufferto lye andtakeall the'‘exti¢ame frofts'in lanuary' to mellow theearth, and wheuthe'froftes are patt; they then bégitiné to bring into it good ftore of freflvftable dung): which theylayeneythérted déepeé ner too thicke, andcouerit with the monldiavhand’ breadth thitkneffe abowe the dang; which doth giueficha Warmeh:and comfort te whatfocuerisfowen thereon, that ie forcethit forward much fooner.thenanyother:way'taw doe? And) to preuentborh the'froftesy and the cold bitteriwindes whichofeen {poy kecheivfeede new fprung vp, they vie to fergreat*high ind lared matresinadeofreedes;tyed together; and faftened vito ftrongftakes,thruft into theytound tokeepethdmvp from falling orbeing blownedown withthe winde; Whichlnratres they place onthe Northland Eattfide to breakethe force ofthefe winds, and are fo fureandfafeddefence; star a brické wall cannot betcer defend. any ching Yndenits ithertshis fence will.’ In this mannerthey doe eucry yeareto bring forward their (dederorghine the moteby shem3<and they’that will haue Reddifheatly,' nitift take thefarnawcourlé. 'Phelorlierfornof! Reddifirfor the moftpatris fowenin Febreaties! aforrnight aftcrrheotiter attheleatt; and likewife cuery moneth after vato Sep2 tember) yharthey nay hauelyoungicontinually, For the blaeke Reddifhy although twas tyihimany placcsidoefoweitin the famerime) ‘andinthefanie inannerthatvhe ode Naryis fowen, yet the nature théredfiis to nunise vp ‘to feede iiore fpcedity therthe other; ifdtchauetolfich arourdrogréwiepon;-ahd therefore the belt timera lowis Augufterharfo itmay abide ablavinger;wherein is the chictett timefor rhc (pending thereofjandta keepelic vacill thebeginning of the next'ycarél forunt vp t6 feeds thegatheringdvhercofy xsulfolof ehéotherforr) isabhafter oneinanncr, that is;tobe Pulled eporhed theépodsichangew hicifhs Jand cen hahsedwpdn bufhesjpalees or fact Other ching bivntill chey-bee thorough tdryipiandithen beatetrorthialheoutypon a Moorthy plancher, or vpon clothes; 526ry onéstfore igianted eheiz corniciiencre, Let. ticcishywen oftentimes with'theeatlyRadcidocimeliOfamibinianner before fidid,’ that they may-haue Lertice likewifoas edilpasthemmevofthe ycarwilt numa they |