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Index
Introduction About This Book Conventions Used in This Book What You're Not to Read Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Part I: Digging Into the Basics of Vegetable Gardening Part II: Vegging Out Part III: Getting Down and Dirty in Your Vegetable Garden Part IV: The Part of Tens Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I Chapter 1: Vegetable Gardening 101 Why Have Your Own Vegetable Garden? The Basics of Planning a Veggie Garden A Cornucopia of Vegetables to Grow Tomatoes Peppers and eggplants Carrots, onions, and potatoes Peas and beans Cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and squash Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower Lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, and specialty greens An assortment of other great veggies Non-vegetable edibles Getting Down to Growing Choosing between seeds and transplants Working the soil Keeping your garden growing and enjoying the rewards Trying tips for an even bigger bounty Chapter 2: The Popularity and Benefits of Vegetable Gardening Food Gardening: It's Popping Up Everywhere A Few Good Reasons to Grow Your Own Food Improve your health Save some cash Help the environment Increase your quality of life Chapter 3: Planning Your Veggie Garden Deciding Where to Put Your Vegetable Garden Considering different sites Letting the sun shine on your plot Checking your soil's drainage Understanding Veggie Varieties Timing Your Planting Wisely Some like it cool, some like it hot Frost dates and the length of the growing season Designing Your Garden Deciding on hills, rows, or raised beds Spacing your plantings properly Following the paths Sketching it out Part II Chapter 4: Tomatoes: The King of Veggies Checking Out Tomato Varieties Enjoying classic red, round tomatoes Surveying all the other colors of tomatoes Sweetening the pot with cherry, grape, and pear tomatoes Studying some saucy tomatoes Introducing the tomato's relatives Growing Tomatoes with Ease Jump-starting tomatoes Planting, trellising, and pruning Fertilizing and maintaining your plants Eliminating pests and other problems Harvesting tomatoes Chapter 5: Meeting the Tomato's Cousins: Peppers and Eggplants Producing Plenty of Peppers Those sweet bells Long and round sweet peppers Peppers that turn on the heat Pretty peppers: The ornamentals Distinguishing Eggplants by Shape Large and oval Cylindrical Small and round Growing Peppers and Eggplants A few guidelines for starting and planting Fertilizing and watering tips Pest patrol Harvesting tips Chapter 6: Growing Underground Crops: Carrots, Onions, and Potatoes A Rabbit's (and Gardener's) Favorite Root: Carrots Classifying carrots by type Examining some carrot varieties Onions: The Bulbs with Layers of Sweet and Pungent Goodness Choosing your onion varieties Looking at scallions and perennial onions Potatoes: No Longer a Boring Spud Potatoes classified Selecting a few potato varieties Growing and Gathering Root Crops General guidelines for all your root crops Cultivating carrots Growing onions Producing potatoes Keeping Your Root Crops Healthy and Pest-Free Chapter 7: Sweet and Simple: Beans and Peas A Bevy of Beans: Filling Your Rows with Bean Family Plants Bushels of bush beans Pole beans: The long and tall crop The versatile shell and dried beans Miscellaneous beans not to be forgotten More Peas, Please! English peas: The reliable standby Sweet and tender snap peas An earlier harvest: Snow peas Get 'Em in the Ground: Growing Beans and Peas Planting legumes for an ample harvest Thwarting pests and diseases Keep on pickin': Harvesting your crop Chapter 8: Vigorous Vines: Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpkins, and Squash Checking Out Cool Cukes Before you choose: Brushing up on some cucumber vocabulary Surveying common cucumber varieties Melons: The Sweet, Juicy Vining Plant Distinguishing different types of melons Perusing popular melon varieties Unearthing the Humble Squash Different squash types Popular squash varieties Great Pumpkins: Counting the Uses for This Versatile Squash Growing Those Vines Planting and feeding Water, water, water! Ensuring proper pollination Controlling pests and diseases Harvesting your vining crop Chapter 9: Cool Weather Staples: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, and Cauliflower Paying Attention to the Often-Overlooked Cole Crops Easing into cole crops with broccoli Brussels sprouts: The little cabbages Choosing cabbage: The age-old and dependable cole crop Considering cauliflower in a rainbow of colors Growing Your Own Cole Crops Giving cole crops what they want Nurturing cole crops Putting a stop to pesky pest problems Harvesting cole crops Chapter 10: A Salad for All Seasons: Lettuce, Spinach, Swiss Chard, and Specialty Greens Lettuce Get Together Crisphead lettuce Romaine lettuce Loose-head lettuce Loose-leaf lettuce Popeye's Pal: Spinach Savoy spinach Smooth spinach and some spinachlike friends The Attractive and Hardy Swiss Chard Going Wild with Specialty Greens Growing Great Greens Timing is everything: Determining when to plant your greens Putting your greens to bed Adding nitrogen-rich fishy fertilizer Thin and bare it: Thinning your greens Watering to win the war against wilt Working out the bugs (and other common ailments) Your bowl runneth over: Harvesting greens Chapter 11: Sweet Corn and an A to T of Other Worthy Veggies Sweet Corn and Its Relatives Sweet corn Popcorn A Variety of Other Great Vegetables Arugula Asparagus Beets Broccoli raab Celeriac Celery Chinese cabbage Collards Endive Escarole Florence fennel Garlic Globe artichokes Gourds Horseradish Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Mizuna Okra Pac choi Parsnips Peanuts Radicchio Radishes Rhubarb Rutabagas Shallots Sunflowers Turnips Chapter 12: Growing Berries and Herbs for an Edible Landscape Sweetening Your Landscape with Berries and Fruits Strawberries Blueberries Blackberries and raspberries Unusual fruits Spicing Up Your Landscape with Herbs Basil Chives Cilantro Dill French tarragon Mint Oregano Parsley Rosemary Sage Thyme Making Your Landscape Blossom with Edible Flowers Part III Chapter 13: On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Grow! Choosing Seeds or Transplants Deciding on Your Seeding Method and Decoding a Seed Packet Starting Seeds Indoors Picking a pot to plant in Using a mix that doesn't include soil Sowing your seeds Providing the right amount of light and heat Watering your seedlings Thinning and transplanting indoors Feeding your seedlings Transplanting Indoor Seedlings and Starter Plants Buying starter plants Toughening up all types of transplants Making the big move to the ground Sowing Seeds Directly in Your Garden Deciding on a seed-planting method Thinning seedlings in your garden Chapter 14: Workin' the Dirt Razing Your Garden Spot Killing weeds and aggressive grasses Stripping sod Analyzing and Improving Your Soil Distinguishing different types of soil Testing your soil Adjusting soil pH Adding organic matter (aka the dead stuff) Turning Your Soil Making Your Own Compost Building a compost pile Avoiding materials that don't belong in a compost pile Moistening and turning your compost pile Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Vegetable Garden Introducing Your Inner Gardener to the Watering Basics Knowing when your veggies need a drink Discovering ways to water your vegetable garden Conserving water with a few handy tips Keeping Your Plants Cozy and Weed Free with Mulch Spreading organic mulch Laying inorganic mulch Deciding which mulch to use Determining Important Nutrients Your Soil Needs Macronutrients Secondary nutrients and micronutrients Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden Examining a fertilizer label Choosing a fertilizer Side-dressing Give 'Em Something to Lean On: Supporting Your Vegetables Beans and peas Melons and cucumbers Tomatoes Fighting Weed Wars Making a preemptive strike on weeds Battling weeds after planting Chapter 16: Surveying Some Cool Farmer Techniques Adding Nutrients and Stability with Cover Crops and Green Manures Choosing cover crops Planting cover crops Giving Your Plants Some Friends: Companion Planting Making Your Garden Work Double Time with Intercropping Succession Planting for an Extended Harvest Rotating Crops to Preserve Soil Nutrients and Maintain a Pest-Free Bed Planting by the Phases of the Moon Chapter 17: Keeping Your Plants Healthy The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Controlling Pests In with the good bugs The bad-bug roundup Methods of attack Gardening to Eliminate Diseases Avoiding diseases with good habits Watching out for common diseases Keeping the Animal Kingdom at Bay Chapter 18: Containing Your Veggies Considering a Few Container Characteristics Filling Up Your Container: Potting Soil Made Simple Knowing Which Vegetables Grow Well in Pots Some common container veggies Some bee-u-tee-ful vegetable combos Planting Your Veggies in Pots Caring for Container Veggies Experimenting with Greenhouses, Hoop Houses, and Hydroponics Chapter 19: Harvesting, Storing, and Preserving Vegetables Knowing When to Harvest Putting Away Your Vegetables Freezing, Drying, and Canning Veggies Saving Vegetable Seeds Part IV Chapter 20: Ten Tools of the Trade Watering Hoses and Cans Hand Trowels Hand Cultivators Garden Hoes Spades and Shovels Garden Forks Garden Rakes Buckets, Wagons, and Baskets Wheelbarrows and Garden Carts Power Tillers Chapter 21: Nearly Ten Ways to Extend Your Growing Season Choose Clever Planting Locations Time Your Planting Wisely Protect Plants with Hot Caps Add Elegance to Your Garden with Glass Cloches Buy or Build Cold Frames Drape Row Covers over Veggies Place Wall O' Waters around Plants Try Portable Greenhouses and Hoop Houses Appendix: Planning Guidelines and Other Resources Guidelines for Planting Frost Dates and the Length of the Growing Season Hardiness Zones in North America Where to Find Seeds and Other Resources Vegetables, herbs, and flowers Seed savers Fruits and berries Tools and supplies U.S. and Canadian Master Gardeners Web Sites about Vegetables State sites Cyber veggies
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