Starter vegetable gardens 24 no-fail plans for small organic gardens
Book - 2023
"Detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens, from what to buy, where and when to plant, and how to care for each vegetable"--
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North Adams, MA :
Storey Publishing
[2023]
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 231 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Also available online - ISBN
- 9781635864137
- Digging In
- Part 1. Developing Your Garden Plan
- Starting Small and Growing Year by Year
- Sizing Up Your Site and Soil
- Chapter 1. The Easy-Care Rag 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 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 Food Gardens
- From Flowers to Food
- Chapter 7. Working with Seeds and Seedlings
- Garden Plan: Overnight Success
- Guaranteed Seedling Success
- Direct-Seeding in Your Garden
- Garden Plan: Strictly from Seed
- Starting Seeds Indoors
- 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
- Knowing When to Water
- Garden Plan: Marinara Medley
- Chapter 10. The Magic of Mulch
- When Looks Count
- Garden Plan: Managed Mulch
- 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
- Superstrong Varieties
- Fighting with Fungi
- Garden Plan: Cajun Spice
- 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?
- Top Varieties for Your Garden, Crop by Crop
- Gardener's Basic Lingo
- Which Planting Plans Are Right For You?
- Sources for Seeds and Punts
- Metric Conversions
- Index