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Index
GARDENER’S SUPPLY BOOKS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - PRESENTING THE FOUR-SEASON HARVEST
CHAPTER 2 - GETTING STARTED
The Ever-Productive Garden
The Inviting Garden
The Spacious Garden
The Guilt-Free Garden
The Organic Garden
CHAPTER 3 - THE LIVING SOIL: COMPOST
Compost Ingredients
Building the Compost Heap
Heap Dynamics
Compost Bins
Autumn Leaves and Animal Manure
How Do You Know When It’s Ready?
Finding More Ingredients
Using Compost
Mineral Amendments
CHAPTER 4 - THE OUTDOOR GARDEN: PLANNING AND PREPARING
Preparing the Garden Site
Garden Microclimate
Planning the Home Garden
Garden Soil Structure
Soil Aeration
Crop Rotation
Green Manures
CHAPTER 5 - SEEDS FOR FOUR SEASONS
Where Seeds Are Born
CHAPTER 6 - THE OUTDOOR GARDEN: PLANTING AND CULTIVATING
Sowing Seeds
Transplanting
Trellised Crops
Weeds
CHAPTER 7 - GARDEN HELPERS
PART I : THE TOP
PART 2: THE BOTTOM
Raising Ducklings in the Palace
French Ducks
CHAPTER 8 - ENVISIONING THE WINTER GARDEN
The Winter Garden in France
Adapting to Nature
The Quality of the Winter Harvest
CHAPTER 9 - THE COVERED GARDEN: COLD FRAMES
The Magic Box
How the Cold Frame Works
Building the Cold Frame
The Cold Frame Box
The Cold Frame Light
Other Options
Managing the Cold Frame
Winter Cold Frame Crops
Watering
Direct Sowing versus Transplanting
Starting Plants
Winter Harvest
Coping with Snow
Cold Frames Redux
CHAPTER 10 - THE COVERED GARDEN: GREENHOUSES AND HIGH TUNNELS
The Protected Microclimate
Evaluating the Twice-Tempered Climate
Constructing the High Tunnel
Putting on the Plastic
Avoiding Greenhouse Problems
The Convertible Greenhouse
The Mobile Greenhouse
Building the Backyard Mobile Tunnel
Building the Ends
Door Details
The Mobile Greenhouse in Action
Mobile Greenhouse Potential
Harvesting the Winter Garden
Pests
Mediterranean Tunnels
The Starter Greenhouse
Coping with Snow
The Complete Winter Garden
Envisioning the Future
CHAPTER 11 - THE UNDERGROUND GARDEN: ROOT CROPS, ROOT CELLARS, AND INDOOR HARVESTING
Creating a Root Cellar
Controlling the Temperature
Controlling the Humidity
Keeping the Root Cellar Dark
Storage Containers
Other Stored Crops
Really Dry Storage
The Indoor Garden
Growing Belgian Endive
Forcing Winter Greenery
Historical Vegetables
CHAPTER 12 - THE NATURAL GARDEN: PLANTS AND PESTS
Protecting Plants: The Reactive Approach
The Preventive Approach
The Balanced Garden
APPENDIX A - THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
APPENDIX B - CLIMATE RESOURCES
APPENDIX C - DO WE REALLY WANT TO USE PLASTIC?
APPENDIX D - GARDEN TOOLS AND SUPPLIES AND THEIR SOURCES
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
The First-Ever
CHELSEA GREEN
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