The Garden Yard: A Handbook of Intensive Farming

This special re-print edition of Bolton Hall's book "The Garden Yard" is a guide to gardening and small scale farming focused on utilizing small spaces. Written in 1909, this classic text by one of the founders of the Back-To-The-Land movement, provides insight into how one may reap a large harvest from a small area of land. Chapters include The Garden Yard, Soil, Fertility, Location, Seeds, Plant Breeding, Plant Needs, Crop Rotation, Weeds, Insects and Diseases, Re-Soiling, How To Work, Tuber Crops, Bulb Crops, Cole Crops, Pot-Herb Crops, Salad Crops, Pulse Crops, Solanaceuos Crops, Vine Crops, Unclassified Annual Crops, Perennial Crops, Specialty Crops, Spraying, Fertilizers, Root Houses and Vegetable Storage Pits, Growing Small Fruits, The Poultry Run, A Few Practical Don'ts and much more . One of the most thorough books on gardening of its kind. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.