CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: FROM OUR GARDENS TO YOURS
PART ONE:
YOU AND YOUR GARDEN
CHAPTER 1
MANAGING YOUR SPACE
CHAPTER 2
PLANNING FOR GOOD TASTE
CHAPTER 3
MAKING YOUR GARDEN BEAUTIFUL
PART TWO:
DOWN-TO-EARTH BASICS
CHAPTER 4
HARDWARE: CONTAINERS, TRELLISES, TOOLS, AND STORAGE
CHAPTER 5
SOFTWARE: SOIL, SEEDS, AND PLANTS
CHAPTER 6
KEEPING A HEALTHY GARDEN
PART THREE:
PLANTS FOR THE BOUNTIFUL CONTAINER
CHAPTER 7
VEGETABLES
BEANS
BEETS
CARROTS
CUCUMBERS
EGGPLANT
LEAFY GREENS
LETTUCE AND OTHER SALAD GREENS
ONION FAMILY: SCALLIONS, LEEKS, AND GREEN GARLIC
PEAS
PEPPERS
POTATOES
RADISHES
SPINACH AND SPINACH SUBSTITUTES
SQUASH
TOMATOES
CHAPTER 8
HERBS
BASIL
BAY
BORAGE
CHAMOMILE
CHERVIL
CHIVES
CILANTRO
DILL
FENNEL
FEVERFEW
LAVENDER
LEMONGRASS
LEMON VERBENA
MARJORAM
MINT
MONARDA
OREGANO
PARSLEY
ROSEMARY
SAFFRON CROCUS
SAGE
SALAD BURNET
SCENTED GERANIUMS
STEVIA
SWEET WOODRUFF
TARRAGON
THYME
CHAPTER 9
FRUITS
APPLES
BLUEBERRIES
CITRUS
CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES
FIGS
GRAPES
PEACHES AND NECTARINES
STRAWBERRIES
CHAPTER 10
EDIBLE FLOWERS
BEGONIAS
CALENDULAS
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
DAYLILIES
DIANTHUS
MARIGOLDS
NASTURTIUMS
PANSIES, VIOLAS, AND VIOLETS
ROSES
SUNFLOWERS
TULIPS
APPENDIX
U.S.D.A. HARDINESS ZONE MAP
MAIL-ORDER SOURCES
INDEX