A Freedom Garden Will Cut Your Food Bill
When Secretary Clinton P. Anderson issued him a call for 20,000,000 Freedom Gardens in 1948, and the food conservation drive was getting underway. Food prices were soaring, and dark clouds
When Secretary Clinton P. Anderson issued him a call for 20,000,000 Freedom Gardens in 1948, and the food conservation drive was getting underway. Food prices were soaring, and dark clouds
Kohlrabi deserves a better place in our vegetable gardens. It is easily grown and one of the finest vegetables to eat raw. Children love it when it is peeled and
We have merely to look at a pretty new house before grass, shrubs, and trees have been planted, or an old house amid neglected surroundings to realize how true it
You can grow vegetables in the littlest garden. Indeed in a plot 20 by 20 feet or smaller, you can raise enough to make gardening more fun and eating more
Thickly sown vegetable seeds cause many disappointments in home gardening. The seedlings often come up so crowded that none has a chance for average growth unless the rows are thinned
There was the year we had roasting cars on July 2. That’s a month to 6 weeks ahead of schedule for central Indiana. For here, our last killing frost is
Few plain dirt gardeners can visualize kale, the richest vitamin of the pot herbs, as a foliage plant for the flower border. Japanese horticulturists came up with ornamental kales more
A vegetable garden may not have the same glamour and appeal as a flower border. Still, one that is well-planned produces dividends in the way of quality and flavor that
One of the most ornamental and functional vines where a close screen or shade is desired is the wild cucumber or balsam apple (Echinocystis lobata). Its rapid growth, as much
Vegetable gardens usually include the minimum essentials for summer salads but a small area devoted entirely to salad greens can contribute to daily enjoyment and endless variety. If you share