Description
By: Robert Buist
“The Family Kitchen Gardener” by Robert Buist is a comprehensive guide to starting and maintaining a successful kitchen garden. Buist covers everything from selecting the right location for your garden to planting, propagating, and harvesting a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Along with detailed instructions on cultivation techniques, Buist also provides tips for dealing with common pests and diseases.
What sets this book apart is its focus on gardening as a family activity. Buist emphasizes the importance of involving children in the gardening process, from seed sowing to harvest. He provides practical advice on how to make gardening enjoyable and educational for all family members.
Overall, “The Family Kitchen Gardener” is a valuable resource for anyone looking to start their own kitchen garden. With its easy-to-follow instructions and family-friendly approach, this book is sure to inspire both novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Book Description:
The Family Kitchen Gardener contains plain and accurate descriptions (ca 1847) of all the different species and varieties of specifically American culinary vegetables, fruit, and herbs in alphabetical order. It includes the best mode of cultivating, propagating, and managing them in the garden or under glass, and a description of the best implements used in maintaining such gardens.
