{"product_id":"gardening-without-work-for-the-aging-the-busy-the-indolent-large-print-paperback","title":"Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy \u0026 the Indolent (Large Print) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Stout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNan Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eRobert Plamondon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarden expert and lovable eccentric Ruth Stout once said: \"At the age of 87 I grow vegetables for two people the year-round, doing all the work myself and freezing the surplus. I tend several flower beds, write a column every week, answer an awful lot of mail, do the housework and cooking-and never do any of these things after 11 o'clock in the morning!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first book about her no-work gardening system, \u003cem\u003eHow to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back, \u003c\/em\u003e was the kind of book people can't bear to return. She reports, \"A dentist in Pennsylvania and a doctor in Oregon have both written me that they keep a copy of my garden book in their waiting rooms. Or try to; the dentist has had twenty-three copies stolen, the doctor, sixteen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGardening Without Work\u003c\/em\u003e is her second gardening book and is even more entertaining and instructional than the first, so hide it from your friends!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does it work? \"And now let's get down to business. The labor-saving part of my system is that I never plow, spade, sow a cover crop, harrow, hoe, cultivate, weed, water or irrigate, or spray. I use just one fertilizer (cottonseed or soybean meal), and I don't go through the tortuous business of building a compost pile. Just yesterday, under the \"Questions and Answers\" in a big reputable farm paper, someone asked how to make a compost pile and the editor explained the arduous performance. After I read this I lay there on the couch and suffered because the victim's address wasn't given; there was no way I could reach him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My way is simply to keep a thick mulch of any vegetable matter that rots on both my vegetable and flower garden all year round. As it decays and enriches the soil, I add more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegardless of topic, Ruth Stout's writing is always about living a joyous and independent life, and \u003cem\u003eGardening Without Work\u003c\/em\u003e is no exception! This book is a treasure for the gardener and a delight even to the non-gardener. First published in 1961, this Norton Creek Press version is an exact reproduction of the original edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Stout, who, in her teens helped temperance activist Carrie Nation smash saloon windows, could turn any aspect of life into an adventure. She may have been the only woman who both gardened in the nude, wrote a book on happiness (\u003cem\u003eIf You Would Be Happy)\u003c\/em\u003e and one bout the quirky people who came to visit \u003cem\u003e(Company Coming: Six Decades of Hospitality). \u003c\/em\u003e (Both are available from Norton Creek Press.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth died in 1980 at the age of 96.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 502\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52596811333939,"sku":"9781938099083","price":54.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WXFjUXc4L0VZU2l3N3VCUkdRbUhwQT09.webp?v=1761709979","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/gardening-without-work-for-the-aging-the-busy-the-indolent-large-print-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}