Garden & Homestead
Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore
Ida Dandridge Bennett · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
6h 26m$1.99
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A garden begins as a promise you make to a patch of ground. Ida Dandridge Bennett's practical handbook helps you keep it: planning beds and borders, choosing annuals and perennials that earn their place, soil, seed, and the honest work of each season. Written in the early 1900s by a working American gardener, its advice is direct, tested, and warmed by real affection for growing things. This is garden lore in the best sense, wisdom handed over the fence. Listen with a notebook nearby; your beds will thank you.
Inside this audiobook
24 chapters
- 1The Location and Arrangement of the Garden22m
- 2Soils10m
- 3Fertilizers10m
- 4The Hotbed, Cold-Frame and Sand-Box17m
- 5Purchasing of Seeds19m
- 6Starting Seeds in Flats7m
- 7Transplanting and Repotting14m
- 8House-Plants from Seeds38m
- 9Outside Window-Boxes14m
- 10Various Annuals from Seed45m
- 11Vines24m
- 12Ornamental Foliage Plants from Seed7m
- 13Bulbous and Tuberous-Rooted Plants30m
- 14Aquatics11m
- 15The Care of the Summer Rose-Bed9m
- 16The Hardy Lily-Bed10m
- 17The Care of Cannas, Caladiums, Dahlias, and Other Bulbs During Winter17m
- 18Hardy Shrubs and Plants for Fall Planting11m
- 19Winter Protection7m
- 20The Care of House-Plants in Winter13m
- 21Common and English Names of Flowers22m
- 22Blooming Season of Various Trees, Shrubs, and Plants10m
- 23A Chapter of Odds and Ends11m
- 24A Chapter of Don'ts9m
