CONTENTS 



CHAPTER Y— 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 214 



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 



SavingManure= 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 



