WHAT TO DO MONTH BY MONTH 



cabbage plants should be put in the cold frame 

 or hotbed, protected from the frost, kept alive 

 but not growing. Keep the temperature low, 

 the air pure and the soil moist. Plants held 

 over in this way will reach maturity very easily 

 in the spring if set out in a rich, warm garden 

 loam. 



Storage. Celery may be lifted and stored 

 the last of this month. It may be packed in 

 boxes providing holes have been made about 

 two inches from the bottom and all around the 

 box in order to admit air. It may also be 

 stored in a cool cellar on the floor. 



Cabbage should be pitted out of doors be- 

 fore the hard frosts set in. 



Tie the leaves of the cauliflower together 

 near the top, lift the plant root and all, and 

 stand them, root down, in a little soil in the 

 root cellar. 



Asparagus and Rhubarb. This is the month 

 to set out new beds of these perennials in the 

 South. They are both gross feeders. The 

 soil should be made rich. The asparagus 



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