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Gardening Without WorkRuth Stout

Gardening Without Work

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Garden 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!" Her first book about her no-work gardening system, "How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back," 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…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionIndependently Published2021—9798500517111
EditionNorton Creek Press2021—9781938099083
PaperbackMartino Fine Books20172249781684221363
PaperbackEcho Point Books & Media20132249781626549531
HardcoverEcho Point Books & Media20132249781626548879
PaperbackNorton Creek Press20112269780981928463
HardcoverDevin-Adair Pub2000—9780815956020
EditionLyons Press19982149781558216549
PaperbackSimon & Schuster1974—9780346121584
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