Home Vegetable Gardening by Fredrick Frye Rockwell (1884 – 1976)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Gardening
Read by: Christine Rottger in English
Cover design by Annise.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – 00 – PREFACE
00:01:35 – 01 – INTRODUCTION
00:08:53 – 02 – WHY YOU SHOULD VEGETABLE GARDEN
00:13:39 – 03 – REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN
00:25:07 – 04 – THE PLANTING PLAN
00:52:08 – 05 – IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES
01:11:20 – 06 – MANURES AND FERTILIZERS
01:41:22 – 07 – THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION
01:58:07 – 08 – STARTING THE PLANTS
02:31:29 – 09 – SOWING AND PLANTING
02:44:42 – 10 – THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES
02:55:36 – 11 – THE VEGETABLES AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS
03:50:30 – 12 – BEST VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN VEGETABLES
04:17:45 – 13 – INSECTS AND DISEASE, AND METHODS OF FIGHTING THEM
04:41:46 – 14 – HARVESTING AND STORING
04:59:52 – 15 – THE VARIETIES OF POME AND STONE FRUITS
05:22:05 – 16 – PLANTING; CULTIVATION; FILLER CROPS
05:36:38 – 17 – PRUNING, SPRAYING, HARVESTING
06:03:43 – 18 – BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS
06:37:04 – 19 – A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS
06:52:20 – 20 – CONCLUSION
Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who want to do ‘practical, efficient gardening’ . Mr. Rockwell, author of no less than 20 botanical books, intended to make this book the most practical, comprehensive and concise manual so that the home gardener may accomplish their cultivating desires. – Summary by Christine Rottger excerpted from Preface
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