1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips: Timeless Bits of Wisdom on How to Grow Everything Organically, from the Good Old Days When Everyone Did

by Roger Yepsen (Editor)

Timeless bits of wisdom on how to grow everything organically, from the good old days when everyone did

Old-time gardeners were ahead of their time! Their ideas for wildflower gardens, children's gardens, organic pest controls, decorating with houseplants, healing with herbs, and more are at the forefront of modern gardening trends. Take a look back to the future of gardening with this incredible collection of gardening advice from successful 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century gardeners.

Early gardeners knew what they were doing--they had to, since they depended on their plants for food, medicine, home decorations, and recreation! Whether you're growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, houseplants, or lawn grass, these old-time tips will help you get the most out of your plantings. Do you want a lusher lawn? How about more beautiful flowerbeds or hints for making your yard look bigger? You'll find all that and more in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips .

Learn how to read weather signs, improve your soil organically, hide landscape eyesores with ease, decorate your home with flowering vines, and soothe sore joints with herbal remedies. Discover creative ways to landscape your home with fanciful topiary tree houses or practical hedges and windbreaks. From fruits to nuts and artichokes to watermelons, you'll find recommendations for healthier harvests--not to mention recipes for unique and tasty side dishes, drinks, and herbal seasonings. hundreds of organic techniques that have been proven effective by generations of great gardeners! Look for these special features and

* "Old-Time Wisdom" boxes present early gardeners' best planting notions.
* Tried-and-true recipes from early kitchens will tickle your tastebuds.
* "Strange but True" boxes reveal weird, wacky, and wonderful gardening techniques.
* A source list makes it easy to locate wonderful old-time plants.
* Authentic old-time illustrations take you back to a time when garden tips were on everyone's lips.
* A "Recommended Reading" list guides you to more great ideas from the past.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 1998

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun ti read book with lots of old time advice.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book incredibly validating, as I sometimes feel like the only person who actually expects to to feed my family with produce from my vegetable garden, and hopes not to spend too much money on new garden technologies. At the same time, I sometimes felt frustrated by the book's organization - I do much better with step-by-step how-to books than collections of tips. Overall, a helpful supplemental resource.

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't read this all the way through, as it is for a much more serious gardener than I. It was interesting, though I thought more for the look into the past than the wisdom I gleaned from it. The organization of the vegetables and pests sections were easier to find usefulness in than the first section on layouts. I would go back to this for questions, or to read up on different crops I was trying out, but its not something to read through and enjoy.

[Kerri Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I do come back to this book to refer to somethings that actually helps out here in Kingman Arizona like when a good time to transplant certain plants and trees from point A to point B or C. Kingman Arizona is considered mid-desert, and even though most of the tips are for way less arid regions, high humidity, it's not hard to figure out how to figure for other regions, especially if you grew up there. So yes excellent read still part of my gardening book collection.

[Rose]

635.04 Yep

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gardening advice from the last three centuries for growing organically, back when it was the ONLY way to grow. Tips, herbs, and more. Great reference.

[Bre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its is a a lot to digest in one sitting. Its a book that you will periodically have to go back to in order to look up specific questions. There are many neat little tips, tricks, and facts!