A first hand account of a couple starting a garden in the city, then renting a home in the suburbs, and finally taking the plunge to buy their own farm. Originally published in 1941, some of the prices obviously seem quite dated.
Kaines has good recommendations for seed varieties which should be heirloom quality in the present day, as well as good tips on how to prepare your soil and how not to buy manure from a local farmer! Good tips on pruning perennial fruits and vegetables for max yield, how to mail order and store plants for the coming season.
His food was so fresh and of high quality that visitors from the city became a problem which was solved by a well placed sign on his driveway.
Intro on how to use dynamite – I’m not going there even if we could buy it today!
Funny comments on his hired help which were the cause for more work than help!
After reading this I now see that farming is a year round activity with plenty of hard work, but the bounty of fresh food brings pleasure year round.
Dynamite? Yeah – let’s stick to the golf cart for the small stuff and hiring the pros for the big stuff!