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For quick information and tips about growing particular vegetables, herbs, fruits, and berries, refer to the alphabetical lists in Part Four.
abbreviations
agribusiness
Aizoaceae/ice-plant family
Alliaceae/Allium/lily family
all-season vegetables and herbs
alluvial clay soil
amaranth
Amish brandywine tomatoes
animal manure
Anti-Cancer Plots
about
autumn and winter
spring and summer
Antioxidants Plot
aphids
Apiaceae/Umbrelliferae/carrot family
apples
apricots
artichokes
arugula
Arugula Plot
Asian Greens Plot
Asian vegetable seeds
asparagus
Asteraceae/Compositae/sunflower family
Attenborough, David
attitude
aubergine (eggplant)
Australian Government Analytical Laboratory
Australia seed saving law
autumn
autumn plots
Anti-Cancer Plot B
Antioxidants Plot
Arugula Plot
Asian Greens Plot
Baby Greens Plot
Berry Plots and Hedges
Curry Plot A
Curry Plot B
Edible Flower Plot
Essential Herb Plot
Fava Bean Plot
Interlacing Plot
Omega-3 Plot
Onion and Garlic Plot
Pasta/Pizza Plot B
Pea Plot
Perennials, The
Root Crop Plot
Rotating Mono-Crops Plot
Soup Plot A
Soup Plot B
Spice Companions
Stinging Nettle Plot
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
Winter Stir-Fry
avocados
Aztec Plot
Baby Greens Plot
baby squashes
Bali
baling twine
Balti sauce
bamboo
bare soil
barley, pearl
basil
baskets, wire
basmati rice
bathtubs
bay laurel
B&B (blood and bone)
beans
broad
fava
fermented black
growing and using
mung
pruning
seed saving and
Beans Plot
beds, raised
bees
beets
bell peppers
berries
Berry Plots and Hedges
besan
big yielders
bins, composting in
biodynamic planting calendar
birds
bitter melon/gourd
Bittman, Mark
blackberries
black currants
black plastic
blenders
blood and bone (B&B)
blueberries
bok choy
borage
borscht
bottles, plastic
bottom heat for seedlings
boxes, Styrofoam
bracken ferns
brackish water
Brassicaceae/Cruciferae/mustard family
brassica family
Brassica juncea
bricks
brine, pickling in
broad beans
broccoli
brown rice
brussels sprouts
buckwheat
buckwheat family
burnet, salad
butterflies, cabbage white
button squashes
Cabbage Ribs and Co.
cabbages
Chinese
density of planting
growing and using
pruning
cabbage soup
cabbage white butterflies
cages
calendar, biodynamic planting
Canada seed saving law
cape gooseberries (dwarf)
capsicum
caraway
cardboard
carpet
carrot cake
carrot family
carrots
catmint
cauliflower
celeriac
celery
celery herb
chairs
chai tea
chamomile
chard
cheap food
chemical fertilization
chemical sprays
Chenopodiaceae/goosefoot family
chervil
Chia, Ssu-Hsieh
chickens
chickpea flour
chickpeas
chicory
chilies
China
Chinese cabbage
Chinese carrot cake
Chinese Melon Plot
chives
choy sum
cilantro
citrus trees
clay, as plant/soil food
clay soil
climate
cloches
closed cycle principle
clothes
clover, red
coconut milk powder
codling moths
colanders
cold composting
cold frames for seedlings
collards
commercial seeds
community, garden as
companies, seed
companion planting
Compositae family
compost
about
in-bed
lawnmowers, riding, for making
making
paper in
Shaker
tree
turning
worms and worm farms
See also composting
composting
beginning
in bins
hot versus cold
seedlings and
time management
See also compost
composting toilets
container gardening
Convolvulaceae/morning glory family
Cook, Alan D.
cooking
cool weather salads
coriander
corn, sweet
corporations, multinational
cost of food production
cress
Cribb, Julian
crop rotation
about
1, 2, 3 method
1, 2, 3, 4 method
scenarios for
crops
fruiting
green
nitrogen-fixing
root
See also specific crops
Cruciferae family
cucumber and yogurt soup
cucumbers
Cucurbitaceae/gourd family
cucurbit family
cumin
cupboard self-sufficiency
curly leaf
currants
Curry Plots
about
autumn and winter
cylinders, wire
dahl
daikon
dam water
Dean, Esther
density of planting
dill
dip, easy party
diseases and pests
dock roots
dogbane
dolomite/dolomite lime
dong gwoo
dressings, salad
drip irrigation
drying
ducks
DuPont
dwarf fruit trees
earwigs
easy party dip
easy vegetables to grow
Edible Flower Plot
egg cartons
eggplant (aubergine)
Egyptian onions
elderberries
endive
English spinach
enriching soil
envirocycle systems
Epsom salts
espaliers
Essential Herb Plot
evening watering
exercise, gardening as
Fabaceae/Leguminosae/pea family
families, vegetable
famine
Fan, Sheng-chih
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
farms/farmers, decrease in
Fava Bean Plot
fava beans
feeders, gross
fennel
fenugreek
fermented black beans
ferns, bracken
fertilizers
feverfew
figs
Flannery, Tim
Florence fennel
flours
flowerpots
flowers, edible
food
cheap
genetically modified
imported
industrialized
plant and soil
production of
reserves of
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
food plots
about
microclimate and
setting up
water/watering and
See also specific plots
freezing
French, Jackie
French onion soup
fridge racks
frogs
fruit flies
fruiting crops
fruit trees
cultivation
disease prevention
dwarf
easy-care
espaliers for
grafting
growing notes, general
list of
netting for
planting
pruning
seedling trees
time management
weeds and grasses, eradicating
fungi
Galangal Plot
garam masala
“gardener’s Band-Aid”
gardening
attitude toward
container
as exercise
livestock in
organic
time management
See also specific topics
gardens
aspect of
as community
size needed
White House
as work in progress
See also specific topics
garden waste
garlic
about
drying
in Essential Herb Plot
growing and using
in Onion and Garlic Plot
garlic soup
garlic spray
gazpacho
genetically modified food
genetically modified seeds
genus, as term
geraniums
getting started
gherkins
giant red mustard
Ginger or Galangal Plot
globe artichokes
globalization
Glowinski, Louis
glyphosate
gooseberries
goosefoot family
gourd, bitter
gourd family
grafting
grains
grapefruit
grape residue
grapes
grasses, eradicating
grass family
grasshoppers
gravel
Great Potato Famine
green crops
green fennel
green manures
green rules
greens, leafy
greens, salad
“green slurry” stir-fry
gross feeders
Guangdong Province, China
guavas
gypsum hardpan
hands, washing
hand watering
hardware
See also specific types
hardy vegetables
hay
hay bales
haybox, Oma’s
heat, and seed saving
heirloom seeds
herbal teas
herbs
all-season
drying
growing notes, general
herbal teas
list of
native
pest-repelling
See also specific herbs
herb stalks
herb vinegars
heritage seeds
Hippodamia
holes, eating
Holmgren, David
horse manure
horseradish
horta
Horta Plot
hospital gowns
hot composting
hot frames for seedlings
Hubbard squashes
humidity
humus
hunger
hyssop
ice-plant family
imported food
in-bed compost
indigenous seeds
industrialized food
insects, beneficial
intercropping
Interlacing Plot
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Iraq seed saving law
Ireland
iron chelate
James, Theodore, Jr.
Japanese bunching onions
Japanese vegetables
Jerusalem artichokes
juicers
kale
kneeling pads
kohlrabi
kumquats
ladybugs
land issues
lavender
lawn clippings
lawnmowers, riding
laws, seed saving
lead
leafy greens
leaves
leek and potato soup with sorrel
leeks
legumes
Leguminosae family
lemon balm
lemongrass
lemons
lemon sago
lettuce
lids, plastic
lily family
lime
liquid manures
liquid seaweed (LS)
livestock
in gardening
weeds as food for
loquats
lupins
macroclimate
Malvaceae/mallow family
mandarins
manures
animal
green
horse
liquid
marigolds
McElwaine, Percy
meals
melon, bitter
Melon Plot
melons
melon seeds
menu planning
mibuna
microclimate
mildew, powdery
milk cartons
millet
mineral rock dust
mineral soil
mint
miso
mizuna
Mollison, Bill
mono-cropping
Monsanto
moon, planting by the
morning glory family
morning watering
mortars and pestles
moths, codling
mulberries
mulch
mulch bricks
mung beans
mushrooms
mustard
giant red
as green crop
growing and using
as herb
intercropping and
value from
mustard family
nasturtiums
native herbs
Natural Control of Garden Pests (French)
Nearing, Scott
nectarines
nematodes
netting and nets
nettle family
nettles
newspaper sheets
night-lights, blinking
nightshade family
nitrogen
nitrogen-fixing crops
nozzles
oak-leaf mulch or bark
oats
officinalis plants
oil resources
olive-leaf residue
olives
Oma’s haybox
Omega-3 Plot
1, 2, 3 method of crop rotation
1, 2, 3, 4 method of crop rotation
Onion and Garlic Plot
onions
open-pollinated seed
orach
orange juice
oranges
oregano
organically grown vegetables
organic fertilizers
organic gardening
pest control and
rules
See also specific topics
organic matter
oven racks
pantyhose
paper
parsley
parsnips
passionfruit
Pasta/Pizza Plots
about
autumn and winter
spring and summer
patty pan
pawpaw
peaches
pea family
Pea Plot
pearl barley
pears
pear slugs (pear sawfly larvae)
peas
peasant lunches
pea shoots
peppers
Percy’s portable roof
Perennials, The
permaculture
pesticide residues
pests
aphids
attitudes toward
birds
cabbage white butterflies
codling moths
controlling
curly leaf
earwigs
fruit flies
fungi
garlic spray for
grasshoppers
mildew, powdery
nematodes
pear slugs
possums
prevention, general
rabbits
rodents
snails and slugs
sprays for
squirrels
strawberry protection
as visitors from biosphere
whiteflies
pH of soil
phosphate
Pick-and-Come-Again Plot
pickling
pinching
pine needles
pipe, poly
plantains
plant food
planting
biodynamic calendar
companion
density of
fruit trees and berries
by the moon
seeds
waterwise
Plant Patent Act of 1930
plants, grouping
Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970
plastic, black
plastic bottles
plastic lids
plastic tubs
plums
Poaceae/grass family
polenta
poles
pollutants
Polygonaceae/buckwheat family
poly pipe
poly tunnels
pomegranates
population growth
portable roof, Percy’s
possums
potash
potatoes
potato onions
pot scrubbers
predators. See pests
preserving
pride
prunes
pruning
Pumpkin Plot
pumpkins
PVC rings
quince
rabbits
racks from old fridges/ovens
radicchio
radishes
rainwater tanks
raised beds and trenches
rat lungworm disease
recipes
Balti sauce
borscht
Cabbage Ribs and Co.
cabbage soup
chai tea
chard
Chinese cabbage
cucumber and yogurt soup
cucumbers
dahl
easy party dip
eggplant (aubergine)
falafel
fava beans
recipes
fenugreek
French onion soup
garam masala
garlic soup
gazpacho
gherkins
globe artichokes
horta
leek and potato soup with sorrel
lemon sago
parsnips
patty pan
polenta
potatoes
rudjak
Siberian kale soup
sorrel
summer soups
tomatoes
turnips
winter soups
yogurt-based salad dressings
red clover
red currants
red peppers
reserves, food
rhubarb
rice
rock
rocket. See arugula
rocky soil
rodents
Rodriguez, Francisca
roof, Percy’s portable
Root Crop Plot
root crops
roots
rosemary
Rotating Mono-Crops Plot
row covers for seedlings
rudjak
rules, green
Russian black tomatoes
rutabagas
sage
sago
salad burnet
salad dressings
salad greens
Salad Plots
about
cool weather salads
salad dressings
spring and summer
summer salads
salsify
sandy soil
saving seed. See seed saving
savoy
sawdust
scarlet runner beans
Schmeiser, Percy
scorzonera
screening
seasons
See also specific seasons
seedlings
bottom heat for
cold frames for
composting and
hardy vegetables
hot frames for
row covers for
seed-raising tables for
sowings, continuous
toilet paper tubes for
transplant shock, preventing
weaning
seedling trees
seed-raising tables
seeds
Asian vegetable
commercial
companies
corporate control over
genetically modified
heirloom
heritage
indigenous
melon
open-pollinated
planting
rules for
shopping for
terminator
Seed Savers Exchange (SSE)
seed saving
about
Aztec Plot
Baby Greens Plot
Beans Plot
Curry Plots
Fava Bean Plot
law and
Pumpkin Plot
Root Crop Plot
Summer Stir-Fry Plot
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
shade
shade cloches
Shaker compost
Shakers
Shih, Sheng-han
shiitake mushrooms
shrub foliage
shungiku
Siberian kale soup
Siberian purple kale
Siva, Vandana
slugs and snails
snails and slugs
snakes
soil
alluvial clay
bare
caring for
clay
enriching
food for
historical changes in
improving
lead in
mineral
pH of
phosphate in
pollutants in
rocky
sandy
weeds in
See also compost; mulch
Solanaceae/nightshade family
solanum family
sorrel
Soup Plots
about
all seasons
autumn and winter
summer soups
winter soups
southernwood
sowing
soybeans
Spice Companions
spice grinders
spices
spinach
sprays for pests
spring
spring plots
Antioxidants Plot
Arugula Plot
Asian Greens Plot
Aztec Plot
Baby Greens Plot
Beans Plot
Chinese Melon Plot
Edible Flower Plot
Essential Herb Plot
Ginger or Galangal Plot
Interlacing Plot
Melon Plot
Omega-3 Plot
Pasta/Pizza Plot A
Pea Plot
Perennials, The
Pick-and-Come-Again Plot
Pumpkin Plot
Rotating Mono-Crops Plot
Salad Plot A
Salad Plot B
Salad Plot C
Soup Plot B
Spice Companions
Starchy Staples Plot
Stinging Nettle Plot
Summer Stir-Fry Plot
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
squashes
See also pumpkins
squirrels
SSE (Seed Savers Exchange)
stakes
staple vegetables
Starchy Staples Plot
Steiner, Rudolf
Stinging Nettle Plot
stinging nettles
Stir-Fry Plots
about
autumn and winter
spring and summer
stones
St. Petersburg, Russia
straw
strawberries
Styrofoam boxes
sugar cane mulch
summer
summer plots
Anti-Cancer Plot A
Antioxidants Plot
Aztec Plot
Baby Greens Plot
Beans Plot
Chinese Melon Plot
Essential Herb Plot
Melon Plot
Pasta/Pizza Plot A
Perennials, The
Pick-and-Come-Again Plot
Pumpkin Plot
Rotating Mono-Crops Plot
Salad Plot A
Salad Plot B
Salad Plot C
Soup Plot B
Starchy Staples Plot
Summer Stir-Fry Plot
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
summer salads
summer soups
Summer Stir-Fry Plot
summer vegetables
sunflower family
sunflowers
supplies
sweet corn
sweet peppers
sweet potatoes
Syngenta
synthetic fertilizers
tables, seed-raising
tansy
tarragon
tatsoi
teas
telephone books for weed control
Tenzin Palmo
tepees
terminator seeds
thinning
thyme
ties
time management
toilet paper tubes
toilets, composting
tomatillos
tomatoes
tools
towers, wire
transplant shock prevention
tree compost
tree onions
trellises
trenches, raised
tubs
Tudge, Colin
tunnels, poly
turnips
twigs
twine, baling
umbrellas
Umbrelliferae family
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
urine
Urticaceae/nettle family
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. seed saving law
Utah State University
utensils
Vavilov, Nikola Ivanovich
Vavilov Institute
vegetables
all-season
appearance of
colors
easy to grow
families
growing and using
growing notes, general
hardy
Japanese
lime
list of
nitrogen
officinalis plants
organically grown
price of
sowing seasons
staple
summer
water
winter
See also specific vegetables
Via Campesina
Victorian Department of Agriculture
Vietnamese mint
vinegars
waste, garden
water and watering
about
composting toilets
drip irrigation
envirocycle systems
hand watering
length of watering
microclimate and
morning versus evening watering
nozzles
position of food plot and
raised beds and trenches
shade and
water requirements
water storage
waterwise planting
watermelons
water vegetables
waterwise planting
weaning seedlings
weather
weed mats
weeds
about
dealing with
eradicating
rules for
in soil
well water
Welsh bunching onions
wheat
white currants
whiteflies
White House garden
wilderness, biodiverse
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
winter
winter mushrooms
winter plots
Anti-Cancer Plot B
Baby Greens Plot
Curry Plot A
Curry Plot B
Essential Herb Plot
Fava Bean Plot
Onion and Garlic Plot
Pasta/Pizza Plot B
Perennials, The
Root Crop Plot
Rotating Mono-Crops Plot
Soup Plot A
Soup Plot B
Spice Companions
Stinging Nettle Plot
Wild Greens (Horta) Plot
Winter Stir-Fry
winter soups
Winter Stir-Fry
winter vegetables and herbs
wire baskets
wire cylinders
wire towers
woks
wood ash
woodchips
World Bank
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World War II, xii
worms and worm farms
wormwood
yarrow
yellow pear tomatoes
yielders, big
yogurt-based salad dressings
zucchinis