{"product_id":"2940013412217","title":"Home Vegetable Gardening: A Complete And Practical Guide To The Planting And Care Of Vegetables, Fruits And Berries - Don't let another growing season go by without discovering the joy of growing your own vegetables and fruit.","description":"No patch of land is too tiny to create a superb home vegetable garden. And Home Vegetable Gardening is the perfect book to help you get started on the right foot. If you have always wanted to grow your own delicious, mouthwatering vegetables, fruits and berries now you can do it with a little planning and care and the excellent advice you will find inside this book!. After you have tasted how delicious homegrown vegetables are, you will never settle for that ordinary store-bought produce again!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor some, the home vegetable garden is a hobby, for others especially in these days of high prices, a great help. There are many in both cases whose experience in gardening has been restricted within very narrow bounds, and whose present spare time for gardening is limited. It is as a \"first aid\" to such persons, who want to do practical, efficient gardening, and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, that this book is written. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn my own experience I have found that garden books, while seldom lacking in information, often do not present it in the clearest possible way. In Home Vegetable Gardening I have aimed to give you first of all practical information, and in addition to that, make it comprehensive, yet simple and concise. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to learn how to garden, then this book is a must have for your library. Don't let another growing season go by without discovering the joy of growing your own vegetables and fruit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSNEAK PEAK:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOME VEGETABLE GARDENING\u003cbr\u003eA COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PLANTING AND CARE OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND BERRIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE \u003cbr\u003eWith some, the home vegetable garden is a hobby; with others, especially in these days of high prices, a great help. There are many in both classes whose experience in gardening has been restricted within very narrow bounds, and whose present spare time for gardening is limited. It is as \"first aid\" to such persons, who want to do practical, efficient gardening, and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, that this book is written. In his own experience the author has found that garden books, while seldom lacking in information, often do not present it in the clearest possible way. It has been his aim to make the present volume first of all practical, and in addition to that, though comprehensive, yet simple and concise. If it helps to make the way of the home gardener more clear and definite, its purpose will have been accomplished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE\u003cbr\u003eI INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eII WHY YOU SHOULD GARDEN\u003cbr\u003eIII REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN IV THE PLANTING PLAN\u003cbr\u003eV IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES\u003cbr\u003eVI MANURES, FERTILIZERS AND MULCHING VII THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO--VEGETABLES\u003cbr\u003eVIII STARTING THE PLANTS\u003cbr\u003eIX SOWING AND PLANTING\u003cbr\u003eX THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES\u003cbr\u003eXI THE VEGETABLES AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS \u003cbr\u003eXII BEST VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN VEGETABLES XIII INSECTS AND DISEASE, AND METHODS OF FIGHTING THEM\u003cbr\u003eXIV HARVESTING AND STORING\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE--FRUITS\u003cbr\u003eXV THE VARIETIES OF POME AND STONE FRUITS XVI PLANTING; CULTIVATION; FILLER CROPS XVII PRUNING, SPRAYING, HARVESTING\u003cbr\u003eXVIII BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS\u003cbr\u003eXIX A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS\u003cbr\u003eXX CONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003eFormerly it was the custom for gardeners to invest their labors and achievements with a mystery and secrecy which might well have discouraged any amateur from trespassing upon such difficult ground. \"Trade secrets\" in either flower or vegetable growing were acquired by the apprentice only through practice and observation, and in turn jealously guarded by him until passed on to some younger brother in the profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery garden operation was made to seem a wonderful and difficult undertaking. Now, all that has changed. In fact the pendulum has swung, as it usually does, to the other extreme. Often, if you are a beginner, you have been flatteringly told in print that you could from the beginning do just as well as the experienced gardener.\u003cbr\u003eMy garden friend, it cannot, as a usual thing, be done. Of course, it may happen and sometimes does. You might, being a trusting lamb, go down into Wall Street with $10,000 and make a fortune. You know that you would not be likely to; the chances are very much against you. This garden business is a matter of common sense; and the man, or the woman, who has learned by experience how to do something, whether it is cornering the market or growing cabbages, naturally does it better than the one who has not. Do not expect the impossible. No, if you are going to take up gardening, you will have to work, and you will have a great many disappointments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTO BE CONTINUED... 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