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- The Cultivation Of Vegetables
before taking up the garden vegetables individually, i shall outline the general practice of cultivation, which applies to all.
the purposes of cultivation are three to get rid of weed...
- The Basics Of Vegetable Culture
as a rule, we choose to grow bush beans rather than pole beans. i cannot make up my mind whether or not this is from sheer laziness. in a city backyard the tall varieties might perhaps be a pr...
- The Right Way To Plant Seeds
any reliable seed house can be depended upon for good seeds; but even so, there is a great risk in seeds. a seed may to all appearances be all right and yet not have within it vitality enough,...
- The Genesis Of Soil
soil primarily had its beginning from rock together with animal and vegetable decay, if you can imagine long stretches or periods of time when great rock masses were crumbling and breaking up....
- Fighting Plant Enemies
the devices and implements used for fighting plant enemies are of two sorts:
(1) those used to afford mechanical protection to the plants;
(2) those used to apply insecticides a...
- Requisties Of The Home Vegetable Garden
in deciding upon the site for the home vegetable garden it is well to dispose once and for all of the old idea that the garden "patch" must be an ugly spot in the home surroundings. ...
- How To Start Making A Garden
the first thing in garden making is the selection of a spot. without a choice, it means simply doing the best one can with conditions. with space limited it resolves itself into no garden, or ...
- How To Get Rid Of Garden Pests
if we could garden without any interference from the pests which attack plants, then indeed gardening would be a simple matter. but all the time we must watch out for these little foes little ...
- Wild Flower Garden
a wild flower garden has a most attractive sound. one thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real for sure wild garden.
many people...
- A Lesson In Landscape Gardening
landscape gardening has often been likened to the painting of a picture. your art-work teacher has doubtless told you that a good picture should have a point of chief interest, and the rest of...
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