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    Grow Your Own Vegetables: What, When, Where and How
    Grow Your Own Vegetables: What, When, Where and How
    Grow Your Own Vegetables: What, When, Where and How
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    Grow Your Own Vegetables: What, When, Where and How

    By Dueep Jyot Singh

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Soil Composition
    Inspecting the Composition of the Soil
    Proper Tools And Equipment
    Planning Your Ground
    Proper Soil Preparation
    Proper Plot Drainage
    Proper Digging Process
    Proper Methods of Sowing Seeds
    Manure
    Green Manure
    Conclusion
    Author Bio
    Publisher

    Introduction

    It was in 1914 and in the beginning of World War I, when people suffering from the ravages of war decided that they would not go hungry. And that is why when the menfolk were away fighting, the old people, the children and the women decided that they would grow their own vegetables in their own gardens or in every available free space where they could get 4 inches of soil.

    These gardens were called victory gardens and the produce of these gardens made sure that during the war, absolutely no family starved, there was even enough extra to be sold in the market, and also to be sent to feed the whole British army fighting abroad! So just imagine that every family decided that even if it was living in a city or far away from wide-open spaces and farm area, they could grow their own vegetables, right there, in their suburban houses, on their terraces, balconies, or even in their kitchens.

    It is surprising to know that by World War II, even though Britain was still very much in the habit of making victory gardens to feed its people, and its army, other countries in the West did not follow this very sensible idea of growing your own food. One wonders why. However, today you can consider yourself on just such an emergency footing. With the world's economic condition being what it is, and not many people bothering much about working their lands to grow food, no wonder they would rather eat unhealthy food, which they buy wholesale in tins and cans, rather than eat healthy nourishing food.

    Canning your own food to preserve it has been done all over the world for millenniums. So why are we buying foodstuffs, in cans and tins, full of artificial preservatives, fresh off supermarket shelves?

    I remember a friend of mine visiting a country, which had been hard hit by the Great Depression of 2004. She was surprised to see many people of the city, just getting depressed, because they had lost their jobs, and they expected their government to spoonfeed them and give them money for food and clothing. She said, “why do not the states put these people to work on land and help them grow food, doing something useful for a change, instead of just sitting by the side of the road in a self pitying binge?” I told her that that was not the culture in this particular society. People were used, to having other people take on the responsibilities since childhood, and they were not willing to take on any responsibility on their own, or do anything on their own initiative, because all of that meant going out and working.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateMar 4, 2018
    ISBN9781370330560
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      Grow Your Own Vegetables - Dueep Jyot Singh

      Grow Your Own Vegetables

      What, When, Where and How

      Dueep Jyot Singh

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Soil Composition

      Inspecting the Composition of the Soil

      Proper Tools And Equipment

      Planning Your Ground

      Proper Soil Preparation

      Proper Plot Drainage

      Proper Digging Process

      Proper Methods of Sowing Seeds

      Manure

      Green Manure

      Conclusion

      Author Bio

      Publisher

      Introduction

      It was in 1914 and in the beginning of World War I, when people suffering from the ravages of war decided that they would not go hungry. And that is why when the menfolk were away fighting, the old people, the children and the women decided that they would grow their own vegetables in their own gardens or in every available free space where they could get 4 inches of soil.

      These gardens were called victory gardens and the produce of these gardens made sure that during the war, absolutely no family starved, there was even enough extra to be sold in the market, and also to be sent to feed the whole British army fighting abroad! So just imagine that every family decided that even if it was living in a city or far away from wide-open spaces and farm area, they could grow their own vegetables, right there, in their suburban houses, on their terraces, balconies, or even in their kitchens.

      It is surprising to know that by World War II, even though Britain was still very much in the habit of making victory gardens to feed its people, and its army, other countries in the West did not follow this very sensible idea of growing your own food. One wonders why. However, today you can consider yourself on just such an emergency footing. With the world's economic condition being what it is, and not many people bothering much about working their lands to grow food, no wonder they would rather eat unhealthy food, which they buy wholesale in tins and cans, rather than eat healthy nourishing food.

      Canning your own food to preserve it has been done all over the world for millenniums. So why are we buying foodstuffs, in cans and tins, full of artificial preservatives, fresh off supermarket shelves?

      I remember a friend of mine visiting a country, which had been hard hit by the Great Depression of 2004. She was surprised to see many people of the city, just getting depressed, because they had lost their jobs, and they expected their government to spoonfeed them and give them money for food and clothing. She said, why do not the states put these people to work on land and help them grow food, doing something useful for a change, instead of just sitting by the side of the road in a self pitying binge? I told her that that was not the culture in this particular society. People were used, to having other people take on the responsibilities since childhood, and they were not willing to take on any responsibility on their own, or do anything on their own initiative, because all of that meant going out and working.

      And work for a large percentage of that generation meant too much trouble. And she just said, well, if they were in my country, they would have been put to work under the close supervision of a responsible adult and learn how to survive, instead of being totally useless burdens on society. I told her that she belonged to a socialist society. These countries were Democratic! One could not tell anybody to do anything, which they did not want to do here, and that was the price of freedom.

      I wonder why governments, who have so much land going spare have not allocated plots seeds, agricultural implements and other agricultural aid to their people in order to

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