CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V Continued 



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August. Blanching Celery With Boards. The 

 Hilling Method. Keep the Celery Growing. 

 Seeds for Present Sowing. Do You Know a 

 Ripe Watermelon? Harvest the Onions. Begin 

 to Save Manure Now. Putting the Fruits to 

 Sleep. 



September. Plan Improvements. Fall Sow- 

 ings. The Handmarks of a Careful Gardener. 



October. Cover Crops and Insects. Getting 

 the Best of the Early Frosts. Keeping Celery 

 Outdoors. Storing Roots. 



The Quiet Season: November 207 



November. Storing Celery for Winter. The 

 Celery Trench. In the Very Small Garden. A 

 Good Time to Fight Cutworms. Mulching 

 Strawberries. Tender Varieties of Brambles. 

 Apples, Pears, etc. 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SIMPLICITY OF SELF-MAINTAINING FERTILITY THAT 



EVERYONE CAN HAVE 114 



Plant Food That Never Runs Out 215 



The Greatest Secret of All 216 



What Certain Plants Like Best 217 



Fertility that Every Garden Can Have . . . .218 



Available Manure for Every Small Garden . . . 219 



The Simple Art of Using Manure 220 



Saving Manure = Saving Money 221 



Concentrated Plant Food for Small Gardens . . . 222 



How Much to Use 222 



Some Very Cheap Fertilizers 225 



Manures That You Don't Have to Buy . . . 226 



The Secret of Unending Fertility 227 



Killing the Soil Robbers 228 



"Simplicity" 228 



