He planted onions, potatoes, cabbages, and a great many other vegetables, an abundance of all which is now to be met with.

Marin, called "Manini" by the Hawaiians, experimented with planting oranges, limes, beans, cabbages, potatoes, peaches, melons, maize and lettuce.

Turn to Boswell for the gloss - that it was 'Cromwell's soldiers taught the Aberdeen people to make shoes and stockings, and to plant cabbages.'

I prefer it to planting cabbages and fighting weeds, my lady, but I wish I was back fishing, my own master.

Called Cabbagetown because the Irish immigrants who were its first settlers planted cabbages in their front gardens, the area rejoices in street after street of angular 19th-century townhouses.

The Russians apparently went on vacation, Alix thought to herself, and planted little cabbages and turnips for their relaxation.

"My father used to plant cabbages with it," she says, laughing.

LATE MARCH - By this time, it is warm enough in some areas of the Northeast to plant peas, spinach, onions, cabbages and other cold-loving crops.

The name of the plot can be traced back to the arrival of Oliver Cromwell in Dublin 1649, who planted cabbages on this spot to feed his soldiers.

Thomas' voice was soft, his manner pleasant, like he was talking to Annie Potts about the best time for planting cabbages and just how to prepare the ground.