Every boy and every girl who has a garden at home, or who is given a plot in a school garden, ought to learn to do the work successfully. Yet, as the author has found, children, especially those who live in cities and towns, know little or nothing about producing anything from the soil, and since the teacher cannot always be present to direct the work, there is danger that discouraging mistakes will be made. For these reasons it seems that a simple printed guide to make clear the first steps may be of the greatest help, especially when the work is done at home.
Book Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
The Garden
MAKING READY
MAKING THE GARDEN PLAN
Planning for successive crops
Tools
FERTILIZING THE SOIL
SPADING
SEEDS AND PLANTING DEPTHS
Planting
Cultivating
WATERING
Thinning
Transpanting
Harvesting and Marketing
Accounting
KEEPING VEGETABLE MATTER IN THE SOIL
Vegetables
RADISHES
Lettuce
BEANS
Corn
Beets
Tomatoes
Cabbage
Cucumbers
OTHER VEGETABLES
KOHL-RABI
SWISS CHARD
PARSLEY
ONIONS
TURNIPS
PEAS
Flowers
SWEET ALYSSUM
OTHER FLOWERS
MARIGOLD
CALIFORNIA POPPY
COSMOS
PANSIES
JANUARY —SEED TESTING
FEBRUARY — FLATS
March
April
MAY —THE FLOWER
June
JULY —PLANT SUPPORTS
AUGUST — STRAWBERRIES
September
October
November
December
CANNING
Drying food
STORAGE
PLANT ENEMIES
PLANT FRIENDS
QUESTIONS