This interesting book, published in 1918, has a lot of good information about home gardening. It's fascinating to see how some things never change....they were advocating using compost and rotating crops to prevent insect and disease problems even in 1918. However, some of the chemicals they recommend to control insects and diseases are very toxic and are thankfully no longer available. Some of the ideas for ways to store vegetables are still useful today. Apparently there were severe seed shortages and everyone was being urged to use their seed carefully and not waste any. This is an interesting window into a difficult time in our country. Maybe we can all learn useful things from old documents like this, especially as we face the possibility of difficult days ahead for us.
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