THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



the roots of trees is objectionable, and the fall is 

 a good time to get rid of it, as after the fall rains 

 have thoroughly soaked the ground, it is easily 

 lifted and may be used to protect the beds of tea- 

 roses, wrapping a chunk of sod grass-side out 

 about the roots of each plant, forming a cone, and 

 securing it with a stout piece of binder twine if 

 necessary. Or it may be piled in a heap, with alter- 

 nating layers of cow manure, and left to decay 

 until spring, when it may be used to enrich the 

 rose or peony beds or other plants requiring fer- 

 tilising. Again, it may be left where dug, simply 

 turning it grass-side down about the trees or vines 

 from which it was removed, until spring, when, if 

 sufficiently decayed, it may be worked into the 

 soil. 



The fall is a good time in which to prepare for 

 a very early crop of peas by trenching the ground 

 where they are to be planted, filling in a generous 

 quantity of well-rotted manure and placing the 

 necessary amount of earth above this to receive the 

 seed, leaving that portion which will be placed over 

 the seed in a ridge along the trenches. The action 

 of the frost will keep it loose and mellow, and as 

 soon as the ground has dried sufficiently in the 



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