Home Gardener's Guide

This publication discusses planning a vegetable garden, planting, fertilization, care, harvesting, and storage recommendations. Tables are included providing a vegetable planting guide, the recommended nitrogen side-dressings, and adjusting the soil pH. Illustrations are given explaining how to make a blueprint of your garden plot, examples of commonly sold fertilizers, the proper way to plant seeds with a hoe, using newspaper to prevent plant wilting, and thinning carrots.