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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Garden Design and Landscaping | |
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| Perfect Harmony in Your Garden | |
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| Principles of Design | |
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| Think Fire-Safe Landscaping | |
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| Feng Shui in the Garden | |
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| Rock Garden Chic | |
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| Greenhouses | |
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| Climate and Your Garden | |
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| Mediterranean Climates and What They Mean to Us | |
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| How Many Climates in Your Garden? | |
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| Made for the Shade | |
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| Drought-Tolerant Ferns | |
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| Soil, Its Composition and Health | |
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| The "Dirt" on Soil | |
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| Why Should I Mulch? | |
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| Creating Compost-Garden Magic | |
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| HMO for Healthy Soil | |
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| Diagnosing Common Disorders | |
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| Seasonal Gardening | |
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| Plant Some Spring Happiness! | |
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| Summer Pruning Slows Overgrown Fruit Trees | |
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| November Is Time to Plant | |
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| Plant California Native Bulbs This Fall | |
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| Preparing the Garden for Winter | |
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| Putting Your Garden to Bed | |
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| Winter: To Prune or Not to Prune | |
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| Specialized Gardening | |
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| Tea Gardens | |
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| Container Gardening | |
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| Herbs in Your Own Backyard | |
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| Habitat Gardening | |
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| Habitat Gardening | |
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| Butterfly Gardens | |
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| Where Have All the Songbirds Gone? | |
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| Berries for the Birds | |
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| Flowering Plants | |
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| Scented Geraniums, Actually Pelargoniums | |
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| The New Heucheras | |
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| Hydrangea Hyperbole | |
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| Achilleas: Legends and Lore | |
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| Not-So-Finicky Fuchsias | |
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| Orchids for the Home | |
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| Consider the Lily | |
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| Other Plants of Special Interest | |
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| Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses | |
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| Lawns: Beauty and Beast | |
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| Ground Covers | |
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| Plants for Clay Soil | |
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| Cacti and Succulents | |
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| Landscaping with Ferns | |
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| Trees and Underplantings | |
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| Caring for Our Majestic Oaks | |
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| Planting Under Oaks | |
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| Sudden Oak Death Update: from material | |
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| The Joy of Japanese Maples | |
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| Native Plants Under Redwoods | |
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| Propagation | |
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| Divide and Conquer Those Perennials | |
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| Save Seeds for the Tastiest Harvest | |
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| Go Forth and Propagate | |
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| Weeds and Invasives | |
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| Exotic Invasives and Misplaced Plants | |
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| A Place for Invasives? | |
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| Insects, Pests and Their Control | |
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| Honey Bees and Their Kin | |
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| Little Miss Muffett and Friends | |
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| Scale Insects in the Garden | |
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| Spider Mites | |
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| Snails, Slugs, and Slime | |
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| Ant Control Without Chemicals | |
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| Fungus Control for Roses | |
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| Less Toxic Products and Reading Pesticide Labels | |
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| Interactions in the Garden | |
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| Insectary Plants Feed Good Bugs | |
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| Good Bugs for Rose Pests | |
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| Diversity in the Garden | |
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| Plants as Pollution Cleansers | |
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| Bay Area Gardens to Visit | |
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| Author Biographies | |
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| Index | |