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Index
DIGGING IN
How to Use This Book
PART I: 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 FACTORY 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, BIG-FLAVOR GARDENS
From Flowers to Food
CHAPTER 7 WORKING WITH SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS
Garden Plan: Overnight Success
Direct-Seeding in Your Garden
Garden Plan: Strictly from Seed
Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting Seeds Step-by-Step
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
Garden Plan: Marinara Medley
Knowing When to Water
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
Super-Strong Varieties
Garden Plan: Cajun Spice
Fighting with Fungi
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?
Varieties for Your Garden, Crop by Crop
APPENDIX
Gardener’s Basic Lingo
Which Planting Plans Are Right for You?
Sources for Seeds and Plants
USDA Hardiness Zone Map
Metric Conversions
INDEX
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