10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUCK GARDEN»
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truck garden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
truck garden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The green
truck garden giveaway: a neighborhood story and ...
When two people pass out seeds and gardening supplies, neighbors who claim to have no interest in gardening are transformed into a community of gardeners. Includes information on gardening and related topics.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin,
1997
... and climatic conditions. Relatively cheap labour and land, mechanical
cultivation and high yield result in low production cost in a truck garden. However
, involvement of middlemen in marketing and cost of transportation reduce net
income.
T. R. Gopalakrishnan,
2007
"Why bother with these backyard gardens when farm and truck-garden
production is heading for a record?" That's a good question. Here is the answer:
There is no food shortage and won't be any — save, perhaps, on one or two
items.
4
The Last Harvest:
Truck Farmers in the Deep South
The term "truck," however, has much older origins: the Oxford English Dictionary
defines the verb "to truck" as "to exchange for profit; to barter"; an 1 866
description said, "A truck garden, a truck farm, is a market-garden or farm"; and a
...
5
Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret
Garden: A Children's ...
... city lots for gardening purposes. But the fairy-tale quality of the stories is strong
everywhere—most clearly in The Green Truck Garden Giveaway, where
McDermitt, crabbily content in his antisocial planting of thorns and 186 Claudia
Mills.
Jackie C. Horne, Joe Sutliff Sanders,
2011
6
The Everything Small-Space Gardening Book
They planted arugula, lettuce, tomatoes, and hot peppers in their truck garden.
How cool is that? You may not want to plant in a vehicle you want to drive or
commute with; however, if there is an old vehicle that is no longer running and
has ...
Water Main Valves Turned by 269 Truck Garden, Reclaimed Land to Become. by
De Witt L. Harris 226 Truck, Gun Mount Tractor Converted into 347 Truck, Hand.
Coal Transported to Furnace by i5i Truck Jack, Motor, Has Double Lifting ...
8
CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences
garden truck gasoline poisoning der, A. trivasciata. black and yellow garden
spider, A. aurantia. garden truck (garden ware). a colloquial term for vegetables
raised for the market. garden ware. garden truck. garden wolfbane. Aconitum ...
9
Good Old Days Remembers Working on the Farm
The truck garden grew to encompass several acres. As the produce ripened, it
had to be picked. To ensure fresh produce, this could not be done too far in
advance. The Eastern Market was open every day of the week, with the biggest
selling ...
Ken Tate, Janice Tate,
2000
10
The Road to War: DUTY and DRILL, COURAGE and CAPTURE
Aside from the sportsplatz, I found that the camp had devoted a fairly large-sized
plot of ground to a truck garden. I called it a “truck” garden, by the way, because
that's what we called it back at home, any garden small enough to need but a ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUCK GARDEN»
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truck garden is used in the context of the following news items.
Plans afoot for Berkeley beer, food truck garden
The lot on the corner of Gilman and Curtis where local property owners hope to open a beer and food truck garden has been host to a number of under-canvas ... «Berkeleyside, Apr 13»