Vegetable gardening the colonial Williamsburg way : 18th-century methods for today's organic gardeners /

A colonial Williamsburg garden historian outlines traditional methods for planting and tending fifty different vegetables, profiling such 18th-century utilities as shelter paper and fermented manure while sharing organic techniques.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, Wesley
Other Authors: Lombardi, Barbara Temple
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, [2012]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Of beans and peas
  • Of the cabbage family
  • Of salad greens
  • Of root crops
  • Of the onion family
  • Of melons and cucumbers
  • Of squash, pumpkins, and gourds
  • Of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants
  • Of luxuries and oddities
  • Gardening under cover
  • Growing sticks.