Kitchen Garden, July 1819

JULY.

Sow French beans for a late crop; weed the ground; hoe between your peas, beans, cabbages, and artichokes; water occasionally; gather spinach and Welch onion seed. Take up large onions and dry them for winter use. Clear off the stalks of peas and beans past bearing. Attend to your melons; water them a little and your cucumbers plentifully. 

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

And that's a year of gardening advice. I was surprised/impressed at the diversity of crops the author assumes will be grown, and at the season-lengthening techniques used to get fresh vegetables through the whole year (micro-climates, cloches, hot-beds, intense succession planting...). If and when I can get access to a year-round garden, I look forward to experimenting with some of these techniques for winter vegetables. I also think this helped me better appreciate what "in season" menus look like in the early 19th century.