"Garden Steps" is a detailed guide to vegetable gardening specially designed for the beginner. It explains every step of the process in a way fit for novices, offering expert tips along with simple step-by-step instructions on how to plant and raise the most common vegetables. This volume will appeal to those looking to get in to amateur vegetable gardening, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Fall and Winter Preparations", "Garden Plans", "Fertilizers", "Sprays and Poisons", "Tools", "Asparagus", "Beans", "Beets and Chard", "The Cabbage Family", "Carrots and Parsnips", "Celery", "Sweet Corn", "Cucumbers", "Lettuce", "Onions", "Peas", "Peppers", "Potatoes", "Rhubarbs", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.