War Gardens, A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers
by Montague Free
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About this eBook
- Author
- Free, Montague, 1885-1965
- Title
- War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers
- Credits
- Produced by Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net, from page images generously made available by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
- Subject
- Vegetable gardening
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 63013
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63013
- Release Date
- August 23, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CONTENTS — PREFACE — I THE VALUE OF BACK-YARD AND VACANT-LOT GARDENING — II HOW TO MAKE A START—COMMUNITY GARDENS — III TOOLS — IV THE SITE—THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION — V FERTILIZERS — VI THE KINDS OF VEGETABLES TO GROW — VII PLANNING THE GARDEN — VIII SEEDS, SEED-SOWING, AND TRANSPLANTING — IX HOEING AND THINNING — X STAKING AND TYING — XI INSECT ENEMIES
- 2.STOMACH POISONS FOR BITING INSECTS — Lead-arsenate Solution — Paris Green — Pyrethrum Powder — Hellebore Powder
- 3.CONTACT INSECTICIDES FOR SUCKING INSECTS — Soap Solution — Nicotine Solution — Resin Fish-oil Soap
- 4.POISON BAIT FOR CUTWORMS — XII PLANT DISEASES — XIII THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES IN DETAIL — XIV HARVESTING AND STORING
- 5.Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- 6.Leaf Crops
- 7.Seed or Fruit Crops — APPENDIX
- 8.Table I
- 9.Table II
- 10.Table III
- 11.Table IV
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