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• Home Vegetable
Gardening will guide you every
step of the way with detailed instructions for everything from
garden planning and preparing to planting, protecting, and
harvesting! See for yourself!
• What is
the ideal garden soil? The best soils usually are
made, not found! Get the ingredients on…. (Page 9)
• If you
find a sandy or gravelly bed , no matter how yellow
and poor it looks, what does that tell you?
(Page10)
• Four
things that will be of great assistance to the
experienced gardener, and that are indispensable to the success
of the beginner. You will know if you read ….
(Page12)
• Try
these four short cuts to success! (Page 15)
• Even if you
have had a garden before. These tips will make a big difference
in your garden; less work and greater results!
(Page15).
• What
are tools for use in every phase of preparing the
ground, for planting the seed, for cultivation, for protecting
crops from insects and disease, and for harvesting ?
(Page 21)
• Why you
should always have a piece of cloth or old bag on hand
where the garden tools are kept, and never put them away soiled
and wet and many more tips…( Page
23)
• Things
from around home can be used for protecting newly-set
plants , such as tomatoes or cabbage, from the
cut-worm . Find out more (Page 24)
• It takes from
300 to 500 pounds of water to furnish food for the building of
one pound of dry plant matter and many more interesting facts.
(Page 26)
• Did you know
that coal ashes contain practically no available plant food,
but are well worth saving to use on stiff soils, for paths,
etc.? (Page 29)
• This book names
a great source for mulch. Where you can get wood chips
available free! (Page36)
• What is
the fourth thing to do in treating a garden of heavy
soil? (Page 38)
• Exposure for
the hotbeds should be where the sun will strike most directly
and where they will be sheltered from the north . Find out why
this is so important on…. (Page 45)
• Parsley
seed is particularly slow in germinating . Use these
tips to make them easier to find in your garden! (Page
70)
• Success
with peaches! What varieties are the hardiest and best
for eating? (Page 102)
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