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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64

Farm and Garden Operations for November

page 90

Farm and Garden Operations for November.

Farm.—Fine clear summer weather, plenty of work to keep down weeds and get general crops of the season finished. Hoe ground well between potato Drills, will keep down the weeds, pulverise soil, and enable it to absorb night dew; stir and loosen the ground during fine Dry weather. Sow sorgum in Drills; no insects will touch this crop—you can cut it two or three times in the season—valuable feed for horses and pigs. Swede and mangold main crop get in. White belgian carrots sow on well prepared land.

Kitchen Garden.—The hoe must be kept constantly at work on favourable occasions among all advancing crops, and as spring sown onions, carrots, turnips and beet can be handled thin out, afterwards hoe between the rows; sow scarlet runners, french beans, lettuce, radish, broccoli, cauliflower, savoy, brussels sprouts, cabbage and spinach; plant out cabbage and cauliflowers; two sowings of peas (wrinkled marrows); hoe, mould up and stake advancing crops; stake running beans and scarlet runners; sow broad beans; fork the soil between rows of potatoes previous to earthing up, it is better than hoeing, it opens the ground for sun and air to penetrate to the roots and keep the soil moist and warm; manure and trench ground for main crops of broccoli and savoys. Asparagus done bearing allow to grow to strengthen the crowns for next year; rhubarb, pick outer tier first.

Fruit Garden.—Disbud wall and espalier fruit trees this and next month, scarcely any pruning will be necessary, particularly to young trees; over-luxuriant shoots should be removed unless required for filling up; newly-planted fruit trees mulch round to keep Drought out; water if necessary; gather strawberries in the morning before they get heated with the sun, and always in fine weather. Grape vines, stop the shoots.

Flower Garden.—Plant-out dahlias end of this month, china and german asters, also spring-struck cuttings; keep reserve of plants in some corner to fill up vacancies in flower garden. Propagate spring flowering plants in the reserved garden till required. Roses should now have plenty of liquid manure and frequent syringings to keep down insects; rhododenDrons, azalias, and other choice shrubs, should have liquid manure if the weather continues Dry. Many of the plants in the greenhouse may be transferred to the open air in the flower garden, as salvia splendons, cineraria, calceolaria, petunia, begonia, and many others will grow, and make a good show of flowers throughout the summer season. Keep the flower garden neat and clean.

Greenhouse.—Keep up a liberal supply of humidity in the atmosphere, with a brisk temperature; shift achimenes, gesneras, and gloximias, as required; train out achimenes to stake; stephanotis, allamanda, mandevilla, passiflora, ipomœa, and other climbers properly trained; fuchsias re-potted for autumn when large plants are required; pick off flowers, and stop the side shoots; supply liquid manure to plants in flower. Pelargoniums and tender cape bulbs now flower.