208 PREPARING FOR WINTER QUARTERS. 



We will first mow the asparagus bed and 

 burn the dying tops, for if the seeds of this 

 most delicious vegetable (in its place) become 

 scattered, they make a troublesome weed. 

 Now cover the bed with two or three inches of 

 stable manure, and it is done for till the follow- 

 ing spring. 



No frosts have fallen yet, but they are nightly 

 expected, therefore we must be ready. The 

 beets had better be gathered in at once and 

 placed in a cool cellar, as frost injures them. I 

 have found that by putting my roots in a barrel 

 and covering them with six inches of fresh 

 earth, it prevented them from wilting. It has 

 been my custom to plant bush-beans in early 

 August, in odd places, where early crops have 

 matured. By the last of September and the 

 first week of October, the vines are full of green 

 tender pods. These put away in pickle will 

 keep till beans come again, and when properly 



