WILD FLOWER GARDEN

WILD-FLOWER GARDEN. A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound. One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting material, and the...

VEGETABLE CULTURE

VEGETABLE CULTURE. As a rule, we choose to grow bush beans rather than pole beans. I cannot make up my mind whether or not this is from sh...

THE GENESIS OF SOIL

THE GENESIS OF SOIL. Soil primarily had its beginning from rock together with animal and vegetable decay, if you can imagine long stretche...

THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES

THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES. Before taking up the garden vegetables individually, I shall outline the general practice of cultivation, w...

REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN

REQUISITES OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN. In deciding upon the site for the home vegetable garden it is well to dispose once and for all of...

PLANTING SEEDS

PLANTING SEEDS. Any reliable seed house can be depended upon for good seeds; but even so, there is a great risk in seeds. A seed may to al...

MAKING A GARDEN

MAKING A GARDEN. The first thing in garden making is the selection of a spot. Without a choice, it means simply doing the best one can wit...

LANDSCAPE GARDENING

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Landscape gardening has often been likened to the painting of a picture. Your art-work teacher has doubtless told you...

GARDEN PESTS

GARDEN PESTS. If we could garden without any interference from the pests which attack plants, then indeed gardening would be a simple matt...

FIGHTING PLANT ENEMIES

FIGHTING PLANT ENEMIES. The devices and implements used for fighting plant enemies are of two sorts: (1) those used to afford mechanical...