Home Vegetable Gardening: A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use

by Frederick Frye Rockwell

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Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction, Food, How To, Cookbooks, Amazon

170 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2004

Reviews

[Jerry Owens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this somewhat interesting. This was written around 1911 which I think is positive and negative. Positive because there are things, he says that may be forgotten knowledge that can be used today. Negative because the pesticides he mentioned are most likely out of date. Some were even scary sounding like arsenate of lead.

The layout of the book is well written. He covers everything from planning the garden to harvest and pruning. Covers vegetable garden, fruit trees and smaller fruits like strawberries, grapes, blackberries, and others.

This digital copy does not include pictures and charts that were in the original. Also, he is writing from the perspective of states further north so some of what he writes does not apply to southern states that are warmer in the winter and have an earlier start for the growing season.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not a fan of the organization/layout. It is both hard to read (though mostly fine besides a table here or there) and hard to locate useful information

[Cynthia DiNunzio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informational.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Difficult to read on the Kindle. Advice for the most part is probably still relevant, but some of the techniques are pretty dated. I'll probably use a newer book when I start a garden.