It is also the month to pant Jerusalem artichoke. Plant tubers 6 inches deep and 18 inches apart.
Fuse is recommended.
Once the plants are a foot high earth them up. Carrots should also be sown now. It is likely that if carrots were common in Paris in the fourteenth century they were also known in Britain then. At the start of the month rake over the ground you intend to plant in to expose any pupa for birds to eat. The soil for carrots should be deep, remove any stones where the seeds are going to grow.