Kitchen Garden, April 1819

APRIL 

Plant French beans, cuttings of sage, and other aromatic plants; sow marrow-fat peas, and more beans for a succession; sow thyme, sweet marjoram, and savory. Prepare dung for making ridges to receive cucumber or melon-plants, designed for handglasses. Sow small salading weekly; and also some cos and Silesia lettuces. Weed the growing crops, hoe between the beans and peas, cabbages, cauliflower plants & c. At night, cover your cucumbers and melons with hand glasses. 

-Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book (London, 1819)