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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
THE COMING HARD TIMES
GETTING LAND
BECOMING A VEGETABLEATARIAN
CHAPTER 2: BASICS
WHAT IS A VEGETABLE?
HELPING PLANTS GROW
INCREASING SOIL FERTILITY
SUMMARY
CHAPTER 3: TOOLS AND TASKS
THE BASIC THREE AND A FILE
HOW TO START A NEW GARDEN
RAISED BEDS AND RAISED ROWS
THE BOW RAKE
RESTORING A RAISED BED FOR PLANTING AGAIN
THE HOE
MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS
CARE OF TOOLS
CHAPTER 4: GARDEN CENTERS
TRANSPLANTS: BUYER BEWARE
GROWING YOUR OWN SEEDLINGS THE EASY WAY
THE GARDEN CENTER SEEDRACK
CHAPTER 5: SEEDS
THE MAIL-ORDER SEED BUSINESS
WHO TO BUY FROM
MAKING SEEDS COME UP
SAVING ON SEED PURCHASES
GROWING YOUR OWN
CHAPTER 6: WATERING ... AND NOT
FOUR SPACING SYSTEMS
NOT SUFFERING DROUGHT
A GARDENER’S TEXTBOOK OF SPRINKLER IRRIGATION
CHAPTER 7: COMPOST
WHY COMPOST?
MAKING LOW-GRADE COMPOST
MEDIUM-QUALITY COMPOST: THE ONCE-A-YEAR HEAP
HUMANURE
GREEN MANURE AND COVER CROPS
CHAPTER 8: INSECTS AND DISEASES
AVOIDING TROUBLE
INSECTS AND THEIR REMEDIES
DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES
CHAPTER 9: WHAT TO GROW ... AND HOW TO GROW IT
SOME GENERAL TIPS
CROPS THAT ARE EASIEST TO GROW
CROPS THAT ARE HARDER TO GROW
DIFFICULT VEGETABLES
CHAPTER 10: BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
ONLINE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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