CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. SOILS AND How THEY WORK .... 1 



II. SIZE AND PLAN OF GARDEN 9 



III. SEEDS AND How THEY GERMINATE ... 15 



IV. How TO CHOOSE SEEDS 21 



V. GARDEN TOOLS . 35 



VI. MAKING THE GARDEN , 43 



VII. BUGS AND BLIGHTS ....... 49 



VIII. SOWING SEEDS INDOORS 60 



IX. SOWING SEEDS OUTDOORS 71 



' X. THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING .... 81 



XI. CULTIVATING ......... 88 



XII. WEEDS AND COMPOST 94 



XIII. SUMMER MULCH . 100 



XIV. FOLLOW-UP PLANTING ...... 105 



XV. IRRIGATION 109 



XVI. How TO PRODUCE LARGER FRUIT AND 



FLOWERS 117 



XVII. LATE CROPS 126 



XVIII. How TO PICK VEGETABLES ..... 131 



XIX. HARDY VEGETABLES . 142 



XX. LEGUMES 155 



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