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Five of the All Time Best Vegetable Gardening Books
| We're always on the lookout for new gardening knowledge, but as Book of Ecclesiastes says 'there is nothing new under the Sun' the best horticultural knowlwedge is out there, you just need to know where to find it.
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These five classics are a great starting point. They comprise a list of the books that I tend to reach for more often than they sit on the book shelf, I even have some on my kindle so I can reference them more readily. They are five of the best vegetable gardening and homesteading books that belong on every gardener's bookshelf.
Chitting Potatoes
Potato chitting is a task that some home growers engage in on an annual basis. It is sometimes called greensprouting, or pre-sprouting.
Chitting gives you a head start on your potato planting and not only an earlier harvest, but also a heftier one. Chitting is not 100% absolutely neccesary but it does ensure a quicker and bulkier harvest. It is basically sprouting your potatoes prior to planting them in the ground.
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