bacteria 82, 83, 84
bagged manure 85
baked rice pudding 23
ball, root 65
barley 80
base, salad 76
based composts, loam- 38
based horticulture, commercial, greenhouse- 37
basket 122
baskets, hanging 34
bastard digging 119
bastard trenching 83
Bean, Navy, Edmund 7
Bean Inca, Pea 5
bean family 34
bean roots, runner- 11
bean seed pods, runner-12
bean seeds, runner 10, 13
beans, broad 1, 2
beans, broad, Autumn/Winter-sown 3
beans, broad, cooking frozen 1
beans, broad, freezing 1
beans, broad, harvesting 3
beans, climbing french 4, 5, 6, 12
beans, dwarf french 7, 8, 9, 12
beans harvest 3
beans, runner 10, 11, 12, 13, 51
Beans, May 7
bed 64, 72, 119
bed area, targeted 77
bed, deep parsnip 103
bed, deep-trench 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 76
bed, fruit-bush 67, 72
bed, garden 121
bed, herb 124
bed maintenance, correct 58
bed, moistened 67
bed. new fruit-bush 64
bed, nursery 62
bed, onion 100
bed preparation 66, 67
bed preparation, correct 61
bed, prepared 65
bed, raised 102
bed, shallow-trench 14, 18, 76
bed, single-dug 19
bed site, bush-fruit 56
bed, soft-fruit 59
bed, soft-fruit-bush 61, 68
bed surface 67
Bedforshire Champion 98
bedroom, spare 91
beds 20
beds, flower 46
beds, garden's 27
beds, onion 102
beds, vegetable 46, 118, 129
beech trees 31
bee hives 31
bee swarms 31
beech 130
bees 31
bees, wild 31
beetroot 21
Belle de Fontenay 113
bench, potting 128
berries 55, 58, 70, 73
berries, forming young 73
berries, unripe 55
berry crop 67
berry harvesting, pain-free 70
Best, John's 10
better price 96
big house 122, 125, 126
bin 45
bin, compost 41, 76
bin, subsidised 45
bind weed 87
bird droppings 49
bird life 127
birds 19, 43, 130
birds, British 127
black currants 55
blackbirds 127
blackfly 2
blade, spade's 119
bladed, sharp knife, narrow- 77
blood-and-bone fertiliser, fish 13, 51, 79
blood content 43
blood, plants' life 62
blossom 12
blossom, comfrey 31
Blue, Edzell 113
boiler 37
boiler houses, sunken 125
bone fertiliser, fish-blood-and- 13, 51, 79
bonemeal, sterilised 51
bonfire, garden 47
bonus 94
Bordeaux mixture 73
borders, herbaceous 43
bottling 116
box, fire 37
box, light-proof 114
boxes, storage 50
branches, bush's 69
breeding place 77
bricks, red 125
Britain 21, 24, 35, 74, 99, 106, 112, 114, 124
Britain's social history 57
Britain's weather experts 130
British birds 127
British Isles 13, 92, 103
British weather 89
broad beans 1, 2
broad beans, Autumn/Winter-sown 3
broad beans, cooking frozen 1
broad beans, cosmetic purposes 2
broad beans harvesting 3
broad-leafed plants 51
brochure 123
brown-rot fungus disease 126
Brussels 10
bubbles, air 77
build up, chemicals' 94
building. nest 127
buildings, darkened 114
buildings, out- 127
bush 65, 70
bush area, fruit- 60
bush bed, fruit- 67, 72
bush bed, new fruit- 64
bush bed, soft-fruit- 61, 68
bush cutting, rooted fruit- 65
bush, fruit 67
bush fruit 53, 54, 57
bush-fruit bed site 56
bush-fruit production 56
bush, gooseberry 73
bush maintenance, correct 58
bush plantlet, containerised fruit- 66
bush prunings 47
bush, soft-fruit 70
bush, young 65, 66
bushes 47, 58, 63
bushes, gooseberry 53
bushes, unremarkable 58
bush's branches 69
bygone years 128
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