War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers

The guide provides concise, practical instruction for maximizing vegetable production on small plots, back yards, and vacant lots, covering site selection, soil preparation, tools, fertilizers, and crop selection; it explains garden planning and succession planting, measuring and mapping plots, seed selection and testing, sowing and transplanting, spacing, hoeing, staking, and specific cultivation techniques for common vegetables; it addresses insect pests and plant diseases with control measures, and gives harvesting and storage advice plus appendixes with yield and maturity tables; emphasis is placed on adapting crops to local conditions, using rotations to reduce disease, and organizing community gardens to increase food supply.