Gardening by tha Book_Or not!

Yesterday I was out ta me summer home snaping beans a local gave me.
(got a pic of that too lol)
I had this book out also, as in, I have this book out a lot. You can tell by tha way it looks.
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It has been repaired, fortified & tabed. Pages taped back in and etc.
I bought this book about 15 years ago. I would like to share part of it with you.
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No matter which type gardening you prefer there is something about it in this book.
Short on space, he has some great ideas. Ever plant in your driveway, he did!

Step by step instructions, great pictures. Bugs, got ya covered. How much to feed, or not feed, got ya covered.
This guy is down to earth, got his feet on tha ground. The best, easy to read I've ever found.
He lives in Vermont but has planted, mostly all over. Demo gardens for schools and TV.
There will be several pic from the book it self.
Haha I only found out how to do this. Didn't know I could!
Pictures are random........

interesting concept. I have a few times.

Notice the container

Clear pic

No garden space?

Charlie if you need a new copy here ya go...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0882663194/002-2413614-5547241?v=glance

I'm going to order me one since you say it's so easy to understand.

Saint

Cold frames and hotbeds

My friend, tha radish

Stop weeds cold

Hey Saint;
I'm posting some more pic's from tha book. I think its easy to read for sure.
I have the link in the blogroll section at: http://gardenbycharlie.blogspot.com/

Did you click the 'Open this book' They let ya read several pages, for those that don't know.
Haha, did ya notice the used prices?

I paid a different price than what is shown now. Some prices jus get better huh.
Happy reading.

Watering, only two rules

Harvest my way

Succession crops & getting seed and plants to grow in hot weather

Yep I noticed the use price and it's even cheaper on ebay! They have some for 2 bucks!

Beans.
I was using a file to hold the pages down. Had the fan on. Notice it got dark on me. I had already snaped tha beans.

Hey speakin of beans..my lower leaves on my beans always wilt and have brown spots on them..Why?

Glad to hear that.
I know there's a lot of new gardeners that might benefit from this book. I've loaned mine out over tha years lol might be reason for some of tha wear huh!
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Subject is Peppers

When you water are you splashing them? are they getting enough air sown there?

Root crops

Sometimes if the beans get to dry between watering.
[Help somebody lol]

Insectes that attact tomatoes

A two story garden

Notice the suport frame thing

Salad garden

Salad garden plan. 6x8

More salad etc

hey charlie,

I have two of those books! I love them. One is the same as yours, taped, yellowed, dirty ect.. The other is kept as a back up and in mint condition. I love his gardening ideas and they work well for me too.

Notice his containers. Look at that drive way lol

Eat 'n store garden

Air sown? Ahh how do you do that?
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Haha lollol. Welllll its like this, tha s is rite b side tha d ya see.
Are we having fun, I am! I really try and proof read but I'm tha guy that'll stop at a green light and wait for it to turn red. Tha DW told me 31 year ago I was strange. Hasn't changed her mind yet.

Whoops
How that pic get in here? Oh yeah, had golf ball size taters with-um too.

LoL Charlie your wife is right but your fun!

Heycharlie..... I have BOTH of Dick Raymond's garden books from 1983 & 1985.
I agree with you!!! I "cut my gardening teeth" on these two books along with
Bob Thompson's Victory Garden.

Hey sunnyskies, cottonpicker;
Glad ya got them. Sounds like ya like & use them too.
Speaking of Victory Garden, Planted my 1st one somewhere jus before the war was over. If I remember correctly,
(60 whatever years is a long time to remember)
there was a seed that sprouted. Guess that hooked me lol; not really was Uncles in Ok did that.
Cottonpicker, what part sooner, tejas country
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There is another Garden Way book I'de like to mention. It would fit in the in the recipe forum but is so much more! Great Cook Book yes but goes futher. She cooks from tha garden. Preparation, what to pick and why.
How use past veggies etc.
Its a step by step, from tha garden to the table.

Janet Ballantyne walks ya through the garden to her kitchen where you can see what she does.
She cooks complete meals. Hundreds of recipes using things you might grow yur self.
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I don't know about price or ebay but I would expect it to be about tha same as tha other.

heycharlie... gooood to hear from ya! Thanks for the tip on Janet Ballantyne's book. I remember her on PBS TV m a n y years ago! To answer your question, "what part tejas, what part Sooner">>> paternal grandparents & great grandparents-- SanAngelo. Me-- Panhandle, south of Amarillo till age 15.

Sooner: Maternal Great grandparents & grandparents (Chickasaw Indian Nation, 1891) . Me -- Western OK.(ElkCity).
LD

Well... I just ordered all three of these. I noticed that the publisher was Storey Press... I have loved all of their books. I have the one on Tomatoes that is half cook book but my real favorite is The Vegetable Gardeners Bible by Ed Smith. It is from them as well and i am sure you would love it.


Drew