and observation can be recorded with a view to future benefit.  Consistently with the revision of plans by the fireside, revise the work out of doors.  Begin to prepare for next year’s crops by trenching, manuring, planting, and collecting stuff to burn in a ‘smother.’  Land dug now for spring seeds and roots, and kept quite rough, will only require to be levelled down and raked over when spring comes to be ready for seed, and will produce better crops than if prepared in a hurry.  Protecting material for all the needs of the season must be in readiness, in view of the fact that a few nights of hard frost may destroy Lettuces, Endives, Celery, and Cauliflowers worth many pounds, which a few shillings’-worth of labour and litter would have saved.  Earthwork can generally be pushed on, and it is good practice to get all road-mending and the breaking up of new ground completed before the year runs out, because of the hindrance that may result from frost, and the inevitable pressure of other work at the turn of the spring.  The weather is an important matter; but often the month of November is favourable to outdoor work, and labour can then be found more readily than at most other seasons.

==Artichokes, Globe==, must be protected ere frost attacks them.  Cut off the stems and large leaves to within a foot of the ground; then heap up along each side of the rows a lot of dry litter consisting of straw, pea haulm, or leaves, taking care in so doing to leave free access to light and air.  The hearts must not be covered, or decay will follow.

==Artichokes, Jerusalem==, may be dug as wanted, but some should be lifted and stored in sand for use during frosts.

==Asparagus== beds not yet cleaned must have prompt attention.  Cut down the brown grass and rake off all the weeds and rubbish, and finish by putting on a dressing of seaweed, or half-rotten stable manure.

==Bean, Broad.==—­It is customary on dry warm soils to sow Beans at the end of October or during November for a first crop, and the practice is to be commended.  On cold damp soils, and on clay lands everywhere, it is a waste of seed and labour to sow now, but every district has its peculiar capabilities, and each cultivator must judge for himself.  In any case, Beans sown during this month should be put on well-drained land in a sheltered spot.

==Broccoli.==—­In inclement districts lay the plants with their heads facing the north.

==Carrot== to be sown in frames, and successive sowings made every three or four weeks until February.

==Cauliflowers== will be turning in, and possibly those coming forward will be all the better off for being covered with a leaf to protect the heads from frost.  If the barometer rises steadily and the wind goes round to north or north-east, draw all the best Cauliflowers, and put them in a shed or any out-of-the-way place safe for use.

==Celery.==—­Hard frost coming after heavy rain may prove destructive to Celery; and it is well, if there is a crop worth saving, to cut a trench round the plantation to favour escape of surplus water.  If taken up and packed away in a dry shed, the sticks will keep fresh for some time.