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$2.00 Books on Gardening, Food Preservation & Recipes (1857–1924)

Victory Gardens were also known as "War Gardens." During WWI, (1914 –1918) 90% of people in USA still lived on farms and knew how to grow and store food.

In 1918, there were no grocery store chains or mini marts? Now, 95% of people in the USA live in cities and know nothing about gardening. 

A person harvests whatever he plants.

Galatians 6:7


Now, only 2% (or fewer)  of Americans know how to garden and store food.

Purchase $2.00 Download  CYCLOPEDIA of FARM ANIMALS

788-pages

 GARDENING

16 Books

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Click the above image to view a collection of 16 books printed from 1875 to 1920 on topics related to planting, growing, and harvesting food for family survival Those were the days before grocery store chains, mini marts, and mail order dinners.


Learn about window gardening, small space gardens, and family gardens. How to get started preparing the land, getting seeds, providing water, and use of fertilizer.

PRESERVING FOOD

8 Books

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Click the image below to view a collection of 8 books on the processing and storage of home grown food by canning, pickling, and drying.


 Before the 20th Century of processed foods, individuals and families, living mostly on family farms, were proficient at storing their garden's bounty for the cold winter months. Read these books to learn forgotten techniques from the pioneers who invented many of the techniques we use today.

RECIPES

2 Books

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Each of the two recipe books in this collection is a veritable treasury of many recipes based on the bountiful harvests produced by home gardens more than one hundred years ago.


One book is the National Course in Home Economics. It was published in 1917 and its contents are displayed on 660 pages.


The second recipe book is Cooks in Clover recipes published in 1889 with 176 pages.

 $2.00 for 660 pages

"Encyclopedia of practical advice." Gardening, preserving, cooking, recipes.

$2.00 Download 660 pages 1917

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If you raise animals, you want this book." "Invaluable" Raising turtles to bison.

$2.00 Download 788 pages 1908

Letter From The Publisher

Some of these Gardening Books Were Written more than 150 Years Ago. Their Wisdom Is more Relevant today than ever. Learn how your great grandparents grew healthy vegetables Pre-GMO, Pre-Monsanto, Pre-DOW Chemical , Pre-synthetic fertilizers. 

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