The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book - Softcover

Ruth Stout; Richard Clemence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553102478 ISBN 13: 9780553102475

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1976

Synopsis

During her first year of gardening and for many after, Ruth employed conventional techniques and practices in her garden with mixed results. She had to wait for someone else to come and plow the fields before she could start. This gentleman was frequently late or delays would occur due to mechanical failures. Wasted time lessened the already short growing season and tried her patience. Furthermore, the manual labor involved in planting a traditional garden became more than she could handle by herself. In the Spring of 1944, Stout decided that she wasn't going to wait for the plowman, nor was she going to plow on her own. Instead she planted the seeds and covered them, waiting to see what would happen, and discovered surprising success.[8] Later life[edit] As the years progressed, Stout refined her techniques, eventually adopting a year-round mulch which virtually eliminated the labor associated with traditional gardening. Her minimalist approach spawned a long-running series of articles in Organic Gardening and Farming magazine as well as several books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0553102478
• ISBN 13: 9780553102475
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 161