Growing Fruits and Vegetables – Soil and Health Library

Gardening Helps Your Mind And Body

1 June, 2018
Gus Stewart

If you’re like most Americans, you probably spend too much time inside. That’s a problem because humans need to get outside. It’s where our species evolved. In fact, spending too much time indoors can be bad for your mental health.…

The Vegetable Garden

7 May, 2018
Alice Reinheimer

Illustrations, descriptions and culture of the garden vegetables of cold and temperate climates, written by Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux of Paris. Written originally in 1885, this edition has been translated into English and contains additional varieties.

Root Development of Vegetable Crops

4 February, 2015
Alice Reinheimer

The classic study, filled with species-by-species illustrations, each worth tens of thousands of words to someone who wants to grow vegetables better.

Gardening for Profit; a guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden

30 January, 2015
Alice Reinheimer

Henderson was a master market gardener selling into the New York City market. He had effective techniques for wintering over vegetables, for producing out of season. The contemporary crop of garden gurus have nothing on this man.

Melons Under Cloches

26 January, 2015
Alice Reinheimer

Hyams was an avid gardener with a passion for growing melons. Melons may be easy to grow where summers are warm and long, but to raise melons in chilly England is no mean trick. The book also contains helpful tips to succeed with cucumbers and zucchini where the summers are too cool for them.