16 OCTOBER 1953, Page 14

The Vegetable Garden

Lift all root vegetables except those hardy varieties that are known to be able to stand winter, because a touch of frost on such things as carrots softens them up and makes ' them easy meat for insects. Clear leaf rubbish from the cabbage patch for this, too, can en- courage unwanted guests. Earth up celery and sow broad beans.

IAN NIALL