Herbal Remedies
Home Vegetable Gardening
Fredrick Frye Rockwell · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
6h 56m$1.99
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Dirt under the fingernails, dinner from the yard. Rockwell's classic garden guide walks through planning beds, starting seeds, tending soil, and harvesting through the seasons, written for ordinary households a century ago. You will discover the patient rhythms of a kitchen garden and the old craft knowledge that modern growers still swear by, offered as heritage know-how and inspiration. For dreamers with a sunny corner and a packet of seeds. Press play and start digging.
Inside this audiobook
21 chapters
- 1PREFACE2m
- 2INTRODUCTION7m
- 3WHY YOU SHOULD VEGETABLE GARDEN5m
- 4REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN11m
- 5THE PLANTING PLAN27m
- 6IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES19m
- 7MANURES AND FERTILIZERS30m
- 8THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION17m
- 9STARTING THE PLANTS33m
- 10SOWING AND PLANTING13m
- 11THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES11m
- 12THE VEGETABLES AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS55m
- 13BEST VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN VEGETABLES27m
- 14INSECTS AND DISEASE, AND METHODS OF FIGHTING THEM24m
- 15HARVESTING AND STORING18m
- 16THE VARIETIES OF POME AND STONE FRUITS22m
- 17PLANTING; CULTIVATION; FILLER CROPS15m
- 18PRUNING, SPRAYING, HARVESTING27m
- 19BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS33m
- 20A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS15m
- 21CONCLUSION4m
