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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332375151
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (751 download)
Book Synopsis Irish Gardening, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book Irish Gardening, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irish Gardening, Vol. 4 By P. J. Gray, Horticultural Instructor, Schools of Domestic Economy. N many parts of the country, and especially in the I west, there is still great room for improvement in the keeping of cottage gardens. Some of the people are Slow to appreciate the benefits to be derived from the growing ofa variety of vegetables, and well cropped gardens in this respect are more the exception than the rule. The cottager Should aim at making the most of his garden, and this can only be accomplished by keeping it well cropped, not allowing any of it to remain idle during the season, and growing a variety of vegetables. Many of the county councils now give prizes for well kept cottage gardens, and all cottagers should be ambitious to gain a prize. The growing of a variety of vegetables does not mean that each of them should have an equal portion of the garden a small plot or bed of each is sufficient, and early potatoes, fruit trees, &c., may be grown in quantity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.