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other way to keep them over winter is to make a 

 kiln in the garden. Place some straw or pine tags 

 on the ground and put the roots on this upside 

 down and in the form of a pyramid; cover well 

 with pine tags and set on top a small tile pipe like 

 a chimney. Pack down with earth, leaving the 

 tile sticking out of top, and over all lay some 

 planks against the pyramid to keep the dirt from 

 washing off, and around the kiln dig a trench one 

 foot deep for drainage. This is an excellent way 

 to keep all root crops throughout the winter and is 

 one of the best plans for keeping sweet and Irish 

 potatoes after they have undergone the sweating 

 process. 



Remove all dead branches from the rose bushes 

 and place well rotted manure around them. Work 

 with a spading fork between the plants in the flower 

 garden and leave rough and cover with manure 

 for the winter. If the weather has been open it 

 is not too late to get a few plants from the garden 

 and put in pots for the window garden or the 

 conservatory. 



This is the ideal month for planting sweet peas. 

 They should be planted in a long row on the edge 

 of the vegetable garden and convenient of access. 

 Dig a trench eighteen inches deep and the width of 

 a spade, fill in six inches with well-rotted manure 

 and over that three inches of good garden soil, 

 sow the peas and fill in only two inches of soil. 

 This will sink and leave a slight depression. In 

 the spring, when the peas are about four inches high, 

 fill in the soil around them a little at a time, and add 

 then a little commercial fertilizer, one part each of 

 muriate of potash and acid phosphate. As the 

 peas grow keep filling in until the trench is level. 

 Keep free from weeds and well cultivated, and later 

 stretch a six-foot coarse wire net along the row. held 

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 the wire net being attached to it by staples. 



Quite late in the month wrap the fig bushes in 

 straw. They do best against a north wall. No 

 protection is necessary in the Tidewater section, 

 only near the mountains where the winters are 

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Peanuts are dug and stacked up to dry after 

 the vines are destroyed by frost. 



Chestnuts and chinquapins are gathered now. 

 The native persimmon is quite good after several 

 frosts, and makes a toothsome conserve if packed 

 in glass jars with sugar sprinkled between. 



Go over the orchard and scrape off the loose 

 bark of the apple trees as it is a harboring place for 

 insects. If any scale is discovered spray the trees 

 with lime-sulphur. All dead limbs should be cut 

 off with a slanting cut. Make a thorough inspec- 

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Don't forget the celery. Keep banking it up 

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At the end of the month put manure between the 

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