Gardening at a Glance is a vintage guide to gardening aimed at beginners with an interest in growing flowers, fruit, and vegetables in their home garden. It offers the readers an introduction to the subject by first looking at required tools, preparation of the soil, selecting seeds, and so on. With helpful illustrations and expert tips, ""Gardening at a Glance"" is ideal for amateur gardeners. Contents include ""Monthly Calendar of Garden Operation, from January to December,"" ""Digging,"" ""Trenching,"" ""Hoeing,"" ""Raking,"" ""Ridging,"" ""Dunging and Dressing the Ground,"" ""Mulching,"" ""Sowing,"" ""Chopping,"" ""Drilling,"" ""Pricking Out,"" ""Thinning Out,"" ""Transplanting,"" ""Earthing Up,"" etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening. | Gardening at a Glance being Practical Directions to the Amateur for every Month in the Year in the Flower Fruit and Kitchen Gardens