Organic Gardening in Cold Climates

Name: Organic Gardening in Cold Climates
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ISBN: 9780878422753

ISBN-10: 0878422757

ISBN-13: 9780878422753

Edition: Revised

Authors: Sandra Perrin

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Book details

Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 143
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Planning Your Garden


Judging Soil Quality


Testing Soil pH


Picking the Site


Planning a Garden


Intensive Gardening


Selecting Tools


Preparing Your Soil


Preparing an Established Garden


Breaking Virgin Ground


Turning a Lawn into a Garden


Organic vs. Chemical Fertilizers


Manure and Other Fertilizers


Compost


Planting in Cold Climates


Starting Plants Indoors


Season Extenders


When to Plant


Frost-free Days


Tending Your Garden


Watering


Cultivation


Thinning


Weeding


Mulching


Disease and Pest Control


Companion Planting


Fall Garden Care


Planning Next Year's Garden


Harvesting


Preparing Storage Space


Picking and Storing


The All-Year Garden


Fruit and Vegetable Seeds


History


The Seed Industry


Hybrid Seeds


Don't Always Blame the Seeds


Varieties for Cold Climates


Cool-Season Vegetables


Warm-Season Fruits and Vegetables


Varieties for a Small Garden


Save Your Seeds


Care of Your Seeds


Herbs in Your Garden


Varieties for Your Garden


Preserving Your Herbs


Epilogue: Gardening and Therapy


Seed Companies


Useful Literature


Index