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    The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2
    The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2
    The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2
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    The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2

    By Jill b.

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    Are you looking for ideas on how to lower your food costs or start a new hobby?
    Why not do both at the same time and create an edible garden?
    Gardening is a wonderful activity and organic edible gardening is a thrifty way to help to reduce your food costs while providing you with healthy, nutritious food.
    Inspired by Lydia Maria Francis Child's 1833 book, The American Frugal Housewife,
    this book its written for the MODERN American Frugal Housewife in mind.
    Includes:

    - Good herbs and vegetables to plant for the frugal kitchen

    - How to make your own compost and compost tea

    - How to make organic pesticides

    - Where to find cheap or free plants and seeds

    - How to save seeds for future plantings

    - Recipes

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbundant Publishing
    Release dateFeb 9, 2015
    ISBN9781513032511
    The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2
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    Jill b.

    Self-Reliance -- One Step at a Time Get free e-books at http://byjillb.com Reliance on one job. Reliance on the agri-industrial food system. Are you ready to break free, take control and to rely on yourself? With a no-nonsense style,  Jill Bong draws from her own homesteading experiences and mistakes, and writes books focusing on maximizing output with minimal input to save you time and money. Jill was born and raised in a country with one of highest population densities in the world. Dreaming of chickens and fruit trees, she left the trappings of the big city and is setting up her homestead in an American town with a population of less than 300. Jill writes under the pen name Jill b. She is an author, entrepreneur, homesteader and is the co-inventor and co-founder of Chicken Armor (http://chickenarmor.com), an affordable, low maintenance chicken saddle. She has also written over a dozen books on homesteading and self-reliance. Jill has been mentioned/quoted in various publications including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Denver Post and ABC News. She has written for various magazines including Countryside and Small Stock Journal, Molly Green, Farm Show Magazine and Backyard Poultry Magazine. She holds an Engineering degree from an Ivy League from a previous life. At its height, her previous homestead included over 100 chickens, geese and ducks, as well as cats, a dog, bees and a donkey named Elvis. She currently learning permaculture techniques to apply to her homestead in rural Oregon. Learn more by visiting her site http://byjillb.com.

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      Book preview

      The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2 - Jill b.

      The Modern American Frugal Housewife

      Organic Gardening

      By Jill b.

      © Copyright 2015

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Planting Containers

      Clean the Pots Before Planting

      How to Clean Your Pots

      Topsoil

      Steaming to Sterilize

      Sterilizing in the Oven

      Potting Soil

      Mulch

      Plant Hardiness Zones

      Microclimate

      Soil Testing

      Native Plants

      Seeds

      Seedlings/Plants

      Heirloom vs Hybrids

      Protecting Your Plants from Frost

      Cold Frames

      Compost

      Compost Tea

      Pesticides

      Frugal Plants for the Kitchen Frugal

      Rosemary

      Propagation

      Planting

      Basil

      Planting

      Harvesting

      Seed Saving

      Mint

      Planting

      Harvesting

      Cilantro

      Planting

      Harvesting

      Seed Saving

      Green Onions

      Planting

      Sage

      Planting

      Harvesting

      Oregano

      Planting

      Tomatoes

      Planting

      Hardening Tomatoes

      Trellising

      Planting Techniques

      Harvesting

      Seed Saving

      Zucchini/Squash

      Planting

      Fruit Production

      Harvesting

      Storage

      Seed Saving

      Potatoes

      Sprouting Your Potatoes

      Ground Planting

      Container Planting

      Harvesting

      Seed Saving

      Peppers

      Planting

      Harvesting

      Seed Saving

      Recipes

      Chilli/Onion/Garlic Powder

      Lemon Sage Seasoning

      Homemade Italian Seasoning

      Rosemary Focaccia Bread

      Russian-Style Fermented Tomatoes

      Conclusion

      One Last Thing

      About the Author

      Bibliography

      Introduction

      The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now

      - Chinese proverb

      While the proverb can be applied so many situations, I will apply it literally in this book. There is no better time than now to start your own garden. It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment, you can still have a small garden of herbs and a couple of pots of tomato plants. Before we discuss the plants for your frugal kitchen, I will first discuss some gardening basics.

      Planting Containers

      You can use many things to plant your herbs in. The cheapest option is free - if you recycle containers like plastic yogurt containers. Just be sure to punch a few small holes on the bottom for drainage. If you need or want larger planting containers, home improvement stores like Home Depot or Lowes usually recycle their planting containers and they will normally give you whatever pots you want. They are not pretty - usually black or white plastic buckets but they work.

      If you are looking for prettier pots, people often get rid of them when the move or want to clear things out. You can often find them free or cheaply on Craigslist (http://craigslist.org) or on local Facebook garage sale or gardening groups. Also keep an eye out for post-season sales at nurseries. That dying plant being clearanced out may be planted in a decorative pot that may normally be sold on its new, on its own, at a much higher price new.

      Clean the Pots Before Planting

      It is important that you clean your pots before planting, especially if you are going to use recycled pots/containers. There are a couple of main reasons for this. The first is that salts that can damage a plant buildup in soils and get deposited on the sides of pots.

      The second and more important reason for cleaning pots beforehand is disease. Any diseases that the predecessor plant suffered from may be carried over to your successor plant via the pot if you don’t clean it prior to planting in the pot. The risk of disease is higher if the pot used to house a drying or dead plant. The cleaning process only takes a few minutes and can save you a lot of time and effort in the long run.

      How to Clean Your Pots

      Its best to clean your pots outside on a warm day. Use a stiff brush to brush off any dirt stuck to the inside and/or outside of the pot. Rinse off with clean water until the water runs clear. You can use an old butter knife to help to scrape off any salt deposits that will not come off with the brush.

      Next, fill a large container with a 10% bleach solution. That is, 9 parts clean water to 1 part unscented household bleach. If you are cleaning small pots, a 3 or 5 gallon plastic bucket will be large enough to hold your bleach water. You can get used plastic buckets for free from many grocery store bakeries. Depending on your store, you may have to ask them to save the buckets for you in advance. If you need to soak large planters, you may need to use a plastic tote from any big box store to hold your bleach water.

      Submerging the pots in the bleach solution for at least 10 minutes will kill any diseases lurking on the pot surfaces. Rinse them off with clean water and allow the pots to air dry, preferably in the sun.

      Topsoil

      There are many kinds of planting medium including soilless (like coconut husk or peat moss) potting soil, potting soil and topsoil. Topsoil does not have specific components but rather components of the soil that was harvested. It is not sterile and can include sand, manure and weed seeds.

      If you need to add topsoil to your garden, home improvement stores like Lowe’s sell it by the cubic foot. However,

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