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Edited by Sarah Guare and Carleen Madigan
Art direction by Cynthia N. McFarland
Book design by Alethea Morrison
Cover illustrations by © Anne Smith
Cover background texture by © wragg/iStockphoto.com
Author photo by Raylene Sampson
Interior illustrations by © Anne Smith: title page, dedication, acknowledgments, introduction (all), Culinary Herbs for Beginners (sage), Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed (poppy), Southern-Style Backyard Farm (plan), American Potager (potager), Eggs & Everything (chickens), Fig-Pig Patio (figs), Eat Your Yard (plan), Partially Shaded Vegetables (shaded bench), Small Space Beds (radishes), The Circle of Life (plan), Formal Herb Garden (parsley), Chile Lover’s Garden (hot sauce), Grocery Garden (all), Backyard Orchard (plan), Front-Yard Foraging (plan), Canner’s Garden (peach preserves), Heirloom Sampler (framed vegetables), Wildlife-Friendly Garden (all), Modern Truck Garden (truck), Vintage Victory Garden (gardener, seed packet), Asian Vegetables (steamer and vegetables), Garden Squares for Kids (plan), Teaming with Microbes (compost tea), Vertical Vegetables (insects), Concrete & Steel Garden (chives), Southern Spring Garden (birdbath, notes), Founding Fathers Garden (presidents), Italian Heritage Garden (flag), Edible Cutting Garden (vase), Biodynamic Farm (overview), Garlic Sampler (framed garlic), Rooftop Farm (rooftop), Cocktail Garden (cocktail), Chicago Hot-Dog Garden (hot dog cart), Elizabethan Garden (portrait), Fall & Winter Vegetables (carrot, plan), 52 Weeks of Salad (salad bowl, vegetable basket), Edible School Garden (plan), Backyard Brewer’s (beer), OTTO Pizza Garden (pizza, slice), Edible Campus (plan), Backyard Beekeeper’s Garden (all), Best-Tasting Tomatoes (sliced tomatoes), Appendix (truck), Resources (chiles)
Interior illustrations by © Elayne Sears: Urban Farmscape (view), Culinary Herbs for Beginners (view), Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed (birdbath and trellis), Beautiful Balcony Edibles (view), Edibles on a Patio (view), Eggs & Everything (view), Fig-Pig Patio (view), Critter Control (fence), Partially Shaded Vegetables (view), The Circle of Life (pipe), Chile Lover’s Garden (heat index), Formal Kitchen Garden (view), Power Foods (amaranth, quinoa, flax), Modern Truck Garden (view), Asian Vegetables (pottery and parts), Culinary Herbs for Beginners (view), Edible Knot Garden (plans), Culinary Courtyard (view), Concrete & Steel Garden (planters), Terraced Hillside (view), Edible Hedge (view), Italian Heritage Garden (tent), Gourmet Containers (container), Cocktail Garden (view), Upcycled Edible Patio (bicycle), Pallet Garden (view), “Good Bug” Garden (underplanting), Water-Wise Herbs & More (view), Year-Round Front-Yard Garden (view), Best-Tasting Tomatoes (tomatoes)
Interior illustrations by © Mary Ellen Carsley: Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed (container), Edibles on a Patio (plan), American Potager (plan), Eggs & Everything (plan), Critter Control (plan), Small Space Beds (plan), Formal Herb Garden (plan), Backyard Orchard (espalier images), Canner’s Garden (tripod), Slow-Food Garden (recycling station, plan), Heirloom Sampler (plan), Hanging Gutters (all), Vintage Victory Garden (plan), Asian Vegetables (plan), Urban Homestead (plan), Teaming with Microbes (greenhouse, plan), Urban Shade Garden (plan), Vertical Vegetables (view), Culinary Courtyard (plan), Concrete & Steel Garden (plan), Front-Yard Suburban Farm (plan), Southern Spring Garden (plan), Founding Fathers Garden (plan, beds), Italian Heritage Garden (plan), Community Plot (plan), Edible Cutting Garden (plan), Biodynamic Farm (garden plan), Garlic Sampler (plan), Rooftop Farm (plan), Gourmet Containers (plan), Chicago Hot-Dog Garden (plan), “Good Bug” Garden (plan), Elizabethan Garden (plants), Forager’s Garden (plan), 207 (bottom), Water-Wise Herbs & More (plans), Fall & Winter Vegetables (hoop tunnel), 52 Weeks of Salad (plans), Backyard Brewer’s (plan), OTTO Pizza Garden (plan), Year-Round Front-Yard Garden (plan), Edible Campus (self-watering container)
Illustrations edited by Ilona Sherratt
© 2014 by Niki Jabbour
Ebook design and production by Dan O. Williams
Ebook version 1.0
April 14, 2014
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