If you think people are born with a green thumb, THINK AGAIN!
I used to have a brown thumb. I tried raising all sorts of plants, and no matter what type of plant it was they ALWAYS died!
I tried planting rose bushes, and before the beauties could even bloom the bushes had become dried sticks without a touch of green.
I tried planting corn, squash, beans and all sorts of vegetables and my garden didn't even produce a single kernel. Not even enough food to feed an ant. Believe me, I am sure that the ants and bees were laughing their heads off at me as they searched for food elsewhere. They sure weren't finding anything to eat in MY YARD!
I figured maybe because I was living in Georgia, where red clay was a problem then I would try potted plants instead. I tried flowers, and they died. A friend suggested that I try growing a cactus, so I did, the cactus died. HOW CAN YOU KILL A CACTUS???
Someone else suggested that I try an Aloe Plant, because these things were indestructible. A friend gave me an aloe plant and the poor thing was dead within 3 months. Needless to say my friends quit suggesting things for me to grow. One even told me that if I got a fake plastic plant, with my luck, it would probably die too!
I so desperately wanted to see a little lively green plant growing happily in my home. I wanted fresh vegetables for my table. All I found instead was bad luck, wasted money, and a lot of ceremonies where I would go outside, and somberly say goodbye to yet another dead plant
Table Of Contents
CHAPTER I On the Situation, Soil, Fencing, and Laying out of Gardens
SITUATION
SOIL
FENCING
LAYING OUT
CHAPTER II On the Making and Managing of Hot Beds and Green houses
HOT-BEDS
GREEN HOUSES
CHAPTER III On Propagation and Cultivation in general.
PROPAGATION
TRUE SEED
SOUNDNESS OF SEED
SAVING AND PRESERVING SEED
SOWING
TRANSPLANTING
CULTIVATION
CHAPTER IV VEGETABLES AND HERBS
CHAPTER V FRUITS Propagation, Planting, Cultivation
PROPAGATION
CUTTINGS
SLIPS
LAYERS.
SUCKERS
BUDDING
GRAFTING
STOCKS
PLANTING
CULTIVATION
LIST OF FRUITS
CHAPTER VI FLOWERS
OF FLOWERS, AND OF ORNAMENTAL GARDENING IN GENERAL
