The Vegetable Garden: A Manual for the Amateur Vegetable Gardener

Ida Dandridge Bennett (1860 - 1925)

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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Nature, Gardening

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01- The Sanitary and Economic Value of the Kitchen Garden Michael Packard
00:11:19
Play 02 02- The Location of the Garden Esther
00:12:08
Play 03 03- Planning the Garden Lily-LLM
00:08:33
Play 04 04- How To Maintain Fertility-part 1 Garth Burton
00:12:29
Play 05 05- How To Maintain Fertility-part 2 Garth Burton
00:11:45
Play 06 06- The Construction and Care of Hotbeds, Cold frames, and Pits-part 1 Cheri Gardner
00:23:39
Play 07 07- The Construction and Care of Hotbeds, Cold frames, and Pits-part 2 Cheri Gardner
00:20:30
Play 08 08- On the Sowing of Seed Cheri Gardner
00:12:32
Play 09 09- Transplanting Garth Burton
00:14:50
Play 10 10- Tools which Make Gardening Easy Esther
00:09:33
Play 11 11- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 1 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:20:14
Play 12 12- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 2 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:17:07
Play 13 13- On the Growing of Various Vegetables-part 3 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:13:44
Play 14 14- Root Vegetables-part 1 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:19:13
Play 15 15- Root Vegetables-part 2 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:23:23
Play 16 16- Root Vegetables-part 3 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:07:53
Play 17 17- Vine Vegetables and Fruits-part 1 Stephanie Lee
00:13:41
Play 18 18- Vine Vegetables and Fruits-part 2 Stephanie Lee
00:08:50
Play 19 19- Greens and Salad Vegetables Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:16:27
Play 20 20- Perennial Vegetables Amy Gramour
00:24:50
Play 21 21- Storing Vegetables in Winter Garth Burton
00:08:51
Play 22 22- The Garden's Enemies Pat Dages
00:17:41
Play 23 23- Fall Work in the Garden Pat Dages
00:10:44