The Spare-Time Gardener by Freeman, Barbara Hill -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One getting to know you

1 Expectations vs. Reality in the Garden 2 “Plant Me Now!” 3 “Plant Me Next!” 4 The Space-Time Continuum, Garden Style 5 Evolution of a Gardener 6 Your Gardening Notebook—The Most Useful Garden Tool of All 7 Growing by Instinct 8 What’s Your Style?

Part Two getting to know your garden

9 Not So Fast! 10 Help! 11 Easy Ways to a “Perfect” Garden 12 The Lay of the Land—Exercise 1 13 Just Imagine—Exercise 2 14 Money Matters—Exercise 3 15 Lawn vs. Garden—And the Winner Is . . . 16 Think Twice about Vegetables 17 The Bubble Plan—Exercise 4 18 The Plan Comes Together—Exercise 5 19 Building the Landscape 20 Help! The Sequel: Do You Need Professional Help?

Part Three time to get growing

21 Planning the Plants 22 The Honest Bribe 23 Gardener Beware 24 Your Planting Plan—Exercise 6 25 Gnomes We’ve Known and Loved—Furnishing and Ornamenting the Garden 26 Let’s Go Shopping 27 Planting Your Purchases

Part Four keep growing in your spare time

28 Growing the Plants 29 Keeping the Plants in Check 30 Weed This and Reap 31 Summing Up the Season 32 The Good Gardener vs. The Bad Seed 33 Pop Quiz—A Peek into Your Garden Shed 34 Tools You Can, and Can’t, Count On—An Opinionated Gardener’s List 35 Oh, Deer! And Other Critters

Part Five garden odds and ends

Index About the Author