vegetable gardening

Follows the activities of a young gardener as she plans, creates, cultivates, and harvests her first organic garden.

Provides information about the Shaker approach to gardening, showing how their techniques, attitudes, and values led to their success in the business of growing and selling vegetable seeds and medicinal herbs; and includes an overview of Shaker religion and life, and photographs of present-day Shaker communities.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

Presents eleven indoor gardening projects involving carrots, beans, potatoes, apples, and other plants, and related cooking and handicraft activities.

Contents:1. Garden Basics; Planning the Garden; Yield Chart; Cost Chart; Zone map; Choosing a location; Preparing the ground; Soil; Planting; Thinning Seedlings; Transplanting Seedlings; Weeding and Cultivating; Watering; Garden Tools; Coping with Diseases and Pests; Fences. 2. The Fruits and Vegetables; Tomatoes; Cucumbers; Cabbage and its Relatives; Root Vegetables; Peas and Beans; Squash; Other Favorites; Salad Greens; Herbs; Grapes; Dwarf Apples and Pears.

Photographs and easy-to-read text explain the planning and planting of a vegetable garden.

Presents nearly sixty gardening projects designed to provide foods for the local area.