The Vegetable Garden: A Manual for the Amateur Vegetable Gardener


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(4.3 stars; 13 reviews)

This book is a good reference on vegetable gardening. It covers the economic value of a vegetable garden, planning and locating the garden, maintaining soil fertility, hotbeds, garden tools, sowing seeds, transplanting seedlings, growing and storing vegetables, managing garden pests, and fall garden work.(Summary by A.L. Gramour) (5 hr 39 min)

Chapitres

01- The Sanitary and Economic Value of the Kitchen Garden 11:19 Lu par Michael Packard
02- The Location of the Garden 12:08 Lu par Esther
03- Planning the Garden 8:33 Lu par Lily-LLM
04- How To Maintain Fertility-part 1 12:29 Lu par Garth Burton
05- How To Maintain Fertility-part 2 11:45 Lu par Garth Burton
06- The Construction and Care of Hotbeds, Cold frames, and Pits-part 1 23:39 Lu par Cheri Gardner
07- The Construction and Care of Hotbeds, Cold frames, and Pits-part 2 20:30 Lu par Cheri Gardner
08- On the Sowing of Seed 12:32 Lu par Cheri Gardner
09- Transplanting 14:50 Lu par Garth Burton
10- Tools which Make Gardening Easy 9:33 Lu par Esther
11- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 1 20:14 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
12- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 2 17:07 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
13- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 3 13:44 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
14- Root Vegetables-part 1 19:13 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
15- Root Vegetables-part 2 23:23 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
16- Root Vegetables-part 3 7:53 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
17- Vine Vegetables and Fruits-part 1 13:41 Lu par Stephanie Lee
18- Vine Vegetables and Fruits-part 2 8:50 Lu par Stephanie Lee
19- Greens and Salad Vegetables 16:27 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
20- Perennial Vegetables 24:50 Lu par Amy Gramour
21- Storing Vegetables in Winter 8:51 Lu par Garth Burton
22- The Garden's Enemies 17:41 Lu par Pat Dages
23- Fall Work in the Garden 10:44 Lu par Pat Dages