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"Detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens, from what to buy, where and when to plant, and how to care for each vegetable"--
List of contents
Digging In
Part 1: Developing Your Garden Plan Starting Small and Growing Year by Year
Sizing Up Your Site and Soil
Chapter 1: The Easy-Care Bag Garden
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Chapter 2: A Bountiful Border Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Chapter 3: The Front-Yard Food Supply
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Chapter 4: Family Food Gardens Short, Cool Summers
Full-Season Summers
Long, Hot Summers
Angel Wings Herb Garden
Part 2: Essential Techniques and More Planting Plans Purposeful Planting Plans
Chapter 5: Deciding What to Grow
It’s All in the Timing
Vegetables and Climate
Chapter 6: Designing Beautiful Food Gardens From Flowers to Food
Chapter 7: Working with Seeds and Seedlings Garden Plan: Overnight Success Guaranteed Seedling Success
Direct-Seeding in Your Garden
Garden Plan: Strictly from Seed Starting Seeds Indoors
Garden Plan: Paintbrush Beds Chapter 8: Supporting Your Plants Types of Support
How to Pound a Post
How to Cage a Tomato
Garden Plan: High-Value Verticals
Chapter 9: Water: Make Every Drop Count Knowing When to Water
Garden Plan: Marinara Medley
Chapter 10: The Magic of Mulch When Looks Count
Garden Plan: Managed Mulch Garden
Chapter 11: Fertilizing Your Garden Weighing Your Options
Garden Plan: Sweet Corn & Company
Can You Use Too Much?
Chapter 12: Your Insect Friends and Foes Organic Remedies That Really Work
Garden Plan: Beneficial Border
Chapter 13: Preventing Dastardly Diseases Superstrong Varieties
Fighting with Fungi
Garden Plan: Cajun Spice
Chapter 14: Smart Harvesting Chill Out!
Preserving Your Favorite Herbs
Garden Plan: Good-for-You Garden
Chapter 15: Stretching the Seasons Three Ways to Bring On Spring
Garden Plan: Six-Weeks-Sooner Part 3: Pick-of-the-Crop Veggie Varieties Making Good Choices
What Is a Variety?
Top Varieties for Your Garden, Crop by Crop
Gardener's Basic Lingo
Which Planting Plans Are Right for You?
Sources for Seeds and Plants
Metric Conversions
Index
About the author
Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include
Starter Vegetable Gardens, 2nd Edition,
The Complete Compost Gardening Guide,
The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual,
The Gardener’s Bug Book,
The Gardener’s Weed Book, and
The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases.
Summary
Best-selling gardening author Barbara Pleasant makes organic vegetable gardening easy, fun, and rewarding with detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens to fit any site, whether it's a tiny side yard, a border, a trellis alongside the house, or a front yard.
Foreword
Best-selling gardening author Barbara Pleasant makes organic vegetable gardening easy, fun, and rewarding with detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens to fit any site, whether it's a tiny side yard, a border, a trellis alongside the house, or a front yard.
