[Gutenberg 4512] • Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Solomon, Steve -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cascadia Gardening Series Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

Steve Solomon CONTENTS

Chapter

1 Predictably Rainless Summers 2 Water-Wise Gardening Science 3 Helping Plants to Need Less Irrigation 4 Water-Wise Gardening Year-Round 5 How to Grow It with Less Irrigation: A-Z 6 My Own Garden Plan 7 The Backyard

Introduction

Starting a New Gardening Era Gardening with Less Irrigation

Chapter 1 Predictably Rainless Summers Chapter 2 Water-Wise Gardening Science

Plants Are Water Soil's Water-Holding Capacity How Soil Loses Water How Plants Obtain Water Lowered Plant Density: The Key to Water-Wise Gardening Dealing with a Surprise Water Shortage

Chapter 3 Helping Plants to Need Less Irrigation

Building Bigger Root Systems Evaluating Potential Rooting Ability Eliminating Plowpan Curing Clayey Soils Spotting a Likely Site Using Humus to Increase Soil Moisture Keeping the Subsoil Open with Green Manuring Mulching Windbreaks Fertilizing, Fertigating and Foliar Spraying Increasing Soil Fertility Saves Water Vegetables That:

Chapter 4 Water-Wise Gardening Year-Round

Early Spring: The Easiest Unwatered Garden Later in Spring: Sprouting Seeds Without Watering Handmade Footprints Summer: How to Fluid Drill Seeds Establishing the Fall and Winter Garden

Chapter 5 How to Grow It with Less Irrigation: A-Z

First, a Word About Varieties Seed Company Directory* Plant Spacing: The Key to Water-Wise Gardening When to Plant Arugula (Rocket) Beans of All Sorts Beets Broccoli: Italian Style Broccoli: Purple Sprouting and Other Overwintering Types Root System Vigor in the Cabbage Family Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Chard Corn Successfully Starting Cucurbits From Seed Cucumbers Eggplant Endive Herbs Kale Kohlrabi (Giant) Leeks Lettuce Water-Wise Cucurbits Melons Onions/Scallions Parsley Peas Peppers Potatoes Rutabagas Sorrel Spinach Squash, Winter and Summer Tomato

Chapter 6 My Own Garden Plan

The Raised Bed Row 1 Row 2: Semi-Drought Tolerant Brassicas Row 3: Kale Row 4: Root Crops Row 5: Dry-Gardened Salads Row 6: Peas, Overwintered Cauliflower, and All Solanaceae Row 7: Water-Demanding Brassicas Row 8: The Trellis Row 9: Cucurbits Row 10: Unirrigated Potatoes

Chapter 7 The Backyard

Water-Wise Gardener Water Conservation Is the Most Important First Step Optimizing Space: Planning the Water-Wise Backyard Garden Water-Wise Efficiency of Vegetable Crops