Starting a new garden -- Soil test -- Soil amendments -- Raised beds -- Planting peas/spinach -- Starting pepper seeds -- Transplanting tomato seedlings -- Setting out leeks -- Planting onion sets -- Hardening off seedings -- Transplanting broccoli/lettuce -- Sowing parsnips -- Planting potatoes -- Sowing seeds in peat pots -- Melons and cucumbers -- Setting out tomatoes -- Sowing carrots -- Sowing beets -- Sowing beans -- Squash/pumpkins -- Sowing corn -- Fertilizing corn -- Thinning seedlings -- Controlling weeds -- Watering your garden -- Cover crops -- Controlling pests -- Making a cold frame -- Making compost -- Building a compost bin -- Making a planter board.
Summary:
Shows the planting of fall vegetable crops in the victory garden. Also shows basic gardening techniques of composting, controlling pests, thinning seedlings, and soil improvement.
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