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Grow The Best Strawberries

Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins

Grow The BEST Strawberries (Revised and Updated...!) A-190 By Louise Riotte Stock # YGSTRYA-190   $4.25   Ship Wt: 3.0 ozs The contents of this Revised and Updated - Grow The Best Strawberries Bulletin include the following planting and gardening information: Introduction. How strawberries grow. Characteristics of popular strawberry varieties. Home garden varieties. Caring for your planting stock. Locating your planting. Soil requirements. Preparing the soil. Insect controls. Green organic manures. When to plant. How to plant. Faster Planting. Steps in planting. Training and Hill systems. Cultivating, blossoms, mulching, fertilizing, and irrigating. Protection against winterkill. Harvesting your strawberries. Renewing the strawberry bed. Other places and ways of growing the strawberry: The window box, flower pots, walls and trellises, the combination patch. Strawberry diseases and pests. Virus diseases, root diseases, and nematodes. Freezing your strawberries. Jam and Jelly Recipes. Sources for your garden strawberry plants. Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions, pictures and sketches designed to help you master country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional outdoor skills to the newest organic gardening techniques, Storey's Bulletins provide a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today. Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Other titles and products you may enjoy: Seeds from the Chas. C. Hart Seed Company Village Blacksmith® Hand Pocket Pruner, Pruning Shears, Garden Tools and Garden Gift Sets Colonial Birdhouses Bird Feeder and Birdhouse Kits Arias Wind Chimes for your Patio or Garden Area

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