The Busy Woman's Garden Book

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The Busy Woman's Garden Book

by Ida D. (Ida Dandridge) Bennett

EN·~5 hours·28 chapters

Chapters

28 total
1

Transcriber's Note

0:23
2

THE BUSY WOMAN'S GARDEN BOOK

0:09
3

INTRODUCTION

5:57
4

CHAPTER I PLANNING THE GARDEN

11:43
5

CHAPTER II HOTBEDS, COLD FRAMES AND FLATS

26:22
6

CHAPTER III PLANTING SEED IN THE OPEN GROUND

12:55
7

CHAPTER IV TRANSPLANTING

5:03
8

CHAPTER V GARDEN TOOLS

11:03
9

CHAPTER VI HOLDING AND INCREASING THE FERTILITY OF THE SOIL

18:14
10

CHAPTER VII ASPARAGUS

5:21

Description

A compact guide for women juggling home duties, offering straightforward advice to keep a kitchen garden thriving with minimal effort and expense. It emphasizes practical timing, simple weed control, gentle watering, and natural pest management that fit into a busy day. The tone encourages confidence that a little daily attention yields rewarding harvests.

The book walks listeners through reading seasonal cues, arranging window boxes that harmonize with a home’s architecture, and organizing tasks so they slip smoothly into a packed schedule. It offers concrete tips such as stirring soil after rain, pulling weeds in the warm morning, planting in cooler afternoons, and watering at dusk to save water. Listeners will feel equipped to grow fresh vegetables without the overwhelm of a demanding garden routine.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (335K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2017-11-19

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

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Ida D. (Ida Dandridge) Bennett

1860–1925

A popular early-20th-century garden writer, this author turned practical know-how into inviting books for home growers. Her guides on flowers, vegetables, and garden planning were written to help amateurs create beautiful, workable gardens of their own.

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