R J Harris's family 115
radishes 43, 75
railway steam engines 37
rain 39, 41, 47, 61, 71, 84, 119
rain-gathering depression 65
rain shortage 58
rain water 95
raised bed 102
raised top soil 100
Raleigh, Sir Walter 112
ratio, comfrey-feed 33
recipe 115
recipe, John Innes compost 42
reclamation work 128
recommended volume, manufacturer's 94
record 98
records, horticultural 112
red bricks 125
red currants 55, 57
Red Duke of York 113
red flowers, ruby 129
red gooseberries 60
Red Lake 55
refuse sack 45
regime, storage 52
regimented rows 78
regular turning 41
rehabilitation 128
rejuvenated plant 70
re-mulching 70
research 38
research institute, horticultural 38
reservoir 95
resistance 102
resources 128
restored Victorian walled garden 130
results, passable 100
results, worst 108
retail outlets 39
retail selling 57
retailer, fruit and veg 80
retaining layer, moisture- 67
rhubarb 115, 116
rhubarb chutney, cinnamon 115
rhubarb crowns 114
rhubarb crowns, unplanted 114
rhubarb freezing 117
rhubarb, outdoor 114
rhubarb stem pulling 115
rice pudding, baked 23
rick 37
ribs, crinkly-edged 107
rig, cane 11
rigid plastic 28
ripened gooseberries, fully- 57
rising water table 95
Romanian 5
Romans 2, 74, 99, 106, 124
root crops 22, 104
root growth 51
Root, Saracen's 35
root systems 72, 77
root vegetables 96
rooted cutting 65
rooted fruit-bush cutting 65
roots 24, 30, 43, 44, 46, 58, 67, 77, 87
roots, plant's 95, 119
roots, runner-bean 11
roses 47
rot, white 102
rotation, crop 75
rotation, onion 102
rotation plan, crop- 118
rotation system, crop- 15, 20, 79, 101
rotting waste vegetable matter 43
Round, All The Year 78
rows, carrot 104
rows, parsnip 104
rows, regimented 78
Royal Sovereign 122
rubbish 27
ruby red flowers 129
rules of moon gardening 97
run off 94
runner beans 10, 11, 12, 13, 51
runner-bean roots 11
runner-bean seed pods 12
runner bean seeds 10, 13
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