In these times, we need to relearn some basics of fending for ourselves and not rely solely on the current corporate supplied food chain. Disruptions will probably happen. If they don’t, price increases are probably likely to make it hard for us to obtain nutritious food. There are several old books on Project Gutenberg that are available for free to help you get a start in your garden.
It’s currently mid-February, you have time to make a plan!
It is time to start planning your vegetable garden now!
Please refer to the National Center for Food Preservation for the recommended safe practices of preserving food.
https://nchfp.uga.edu
Do not use canning or preserving methods that you find on the internet or social media unless you know for sure that the preservation method is an approved method by the National Center for Food Preservation or the most recent BALL BLUE BOOK preserving and canning.
A word of caution: Please use these books for basic knowledge about vegetables and fruits and to get general ideas of what you might want to do in your own garden, but use modern methods for growing food, caring and feeding your family. Growing food naturally hasn’t changed much over the last few thousand years. Be careful what you put in your soil, on your plants and in your body. You must educate yourself on what is appropriate for your family and needs. If you are in doubt, RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH! Ask questions, find a knowledgeable friend, read more books, but please don’t just wing it. Times are hard enough as it is.
Free Vegetable & Fruit Gardening Books
These books are in no particular order.
War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Grower by Montague Free
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63013
The Vegetable Garden: What, When, & How to Plant
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43531
Home Vegetable Gardening by F. F. Rockwell
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7123
Organic Gardener’s Composting by Steve Solomon
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4342
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America by Fearing Burr
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21682
The Busy Woman’s Garden Book by Ida D. Bennett
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56001
The Home Acre by Edward Payson Roe
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5418
Making Home Profitable by Kate V. Saint Maur
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58962
A-B-C of Vegetable Gardening by Eben E. Rexford
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46052
Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36064
Manual of Gardening by L. H. Bailey
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9550
The English Husbandman by Gervase Markham
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22973
Husbandry is the care, cultivation and breeding of crops and animals.
The Book of Herbs by Lady Rosalind Northcote
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60050
Pleasant Talk About Fruits, Flowers and Farming by Henry Ward Beecher
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56640
The Children’s Book of Gardening by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick and Mrs. Paynter
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47616
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots by Sutton & Sons, LTD
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16232
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming by Ellen Eddy Shaw
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13537
The Canadian Horticulturist, Volume I
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56616
Meditation Gardening:
Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39049
The Wild Garden by W. Robinson
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47349
A Woman’s Hardy Garden by Helena Rutherfurd Ely
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45599
Garden-Craft Old and New by John Dando Sedding
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38829
Small Gardens, and How to Make The Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33323
Animals In the Garden:
Animal Life in Field and Garden by Jean-Henri Fabre
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66755
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