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| Introduction | |
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| In which the author attempts to hook the bookstore browser and generally warms up the reader to the subject at hand | |
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| Basics | |
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| An assortment of basic gardening topics, done medium-rare | |
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| Soil | |
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| What cool-climate vegetables need | |
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| How to produce nutritious vegetables where it rains too much | |
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| The word "fertilizer" does not necessarily mean "chemical" | |
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| The vital importance of organic matter in soil and a unique discussion of how much is needed in our region | |
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| Programs for managing all types of soil including heavy clays | |
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| Composting | |
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| How to produce strong compost that grows vegetables like fertilizer does | |
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| How to produce weaker compost the easiest ways | |
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| Planning | |
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| The value of a garden | |
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| Creating a twelve-month-a-year harvest | |
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| Succession cropping | |
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| Crop rotations | |
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| Making and using raised beds | |
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| Using greenhouses, cold frames, and cloches | |
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| A twelve-month planting calendar | |
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| A fall/winter/spring planting calendar for using cloches and frames | |
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| Water | |
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| A gardener's textbook of sprinkler irrigation | |
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| Planning the garden around how often you want to irrigate | |
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| Gardening with very little irrigation | |
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| Seeds | |
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| How to make seeds come up | |
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| An honest look at the vegetable seed trade | |
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| Who to buy from and why | |
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| Hybrid vs. open-pollinated seed and other issues | |
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| Transplants | |
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| How to buy seedlings that will grow well | |
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| Hardening off store-bought seedlings | |
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| Producing healthy bedding plants at home without a lot of unnecessary foofaraw | |
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| A complete calendar and guide to home transplant raising, species by species | |
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| Predators | |
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| What bugs us here in the maritime Northwest, not in Ohio or California | |
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| How to handle local pests without using chemicals | |
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| How not to even have to fight them | |
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| How to Grow It | |
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| A family-by-family and species-by-species guide tailored to the needs of the maritime Northwest gardener covering the specifics of culture, garden planning, insects and diseases, harvesting, growing your own seed, and the best varieties | |
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| Annotated bibliography | |
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| Index | |