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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
Copyright Page
Share Your Experience!
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