Product Overview
Good Ideas Make Great Gardeners
Herrick Kimball, inventor of the world-famous Whizbang chicken plucker, Whizbang cider press, Whizbang garden cart and Whizbang wheel hoe has packed the pages of this book with a diverse selection of whizbang ideas for people who enjoy growing their own food.
Many of the ideas are uniquely his own. Some ideas come from other imaginative gardeners. And scattered throughout are numerous idea-excerpts gleaned from the author's collection of 19th century almanacs and farm journals.
Among other things, you'll learn the following:
How to make and use Whizbang solar pyramid cloches
How to make Whizbang T-post trellis spans.
How to make Whizbang T-post hops poles.
How to Make a Whizbang wood-and-wire garden tote.
How to Grow Strawberries of the Largest & Finest Quality (from E.P. Roe, the acclaimed 19th-century berry-man).
How to make a Planet Whizbang wheel hoe (with an oscillating stirrup blade).
How to harvest, grind & use wood-stove biochar.
How to grow hugelberries.
How to steam-fryalize compost (with a milk-can rocket stove).
How to make a Whizbang T-post grape trellis.
How to make forever plant tags.
How to make a Whizbang shoulder yoke.
How to make Steve Lonsky's amazing siphon-tube rain barrels.
How to make Mark-Albert-style caterpillar cloches.
And much, much more!
After you're done reading this book, you'll be a smarter gardener, a more clever gardener, and a Whizbang-inspired gardener.
