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Introduction | |
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Geography | |
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Knowing the Place | |
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What's in a Zone? | |
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What's Your Map Zone? | |
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What's Your Actual Zone? | |
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What's My Ecosystem? | |
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What's a Frost Pocket? Reading the Landscape of Your Yard | |
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It's Too Steep! | |
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Designing in Place | |
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It's Too Flat! | |
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Why Grow Rocks? | |
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Plants for Any Zone in the Rockies | |
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Soil, Glorious Soil | |
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What's My Soil? | |
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So You've Got ... Sand or Gravel, Clay, or Construction Junk | |
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Who's Underfoot? | |
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What's pH? | |
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It's Too Dry! It's Too Wet! | |
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Ants Aren't Bad | |
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Why Is My Soil So Pale? | |
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Plants for Problem Soils | |
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Microclimate | |
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Finding Your Microzones | |
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Desert to Arctic: South Side Versus North Side | |
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Timing Is Everything: East Versus West | |
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Designing an Accessible, Safe Garden | |
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Plants for Difficult Microclimates | |
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Intense Sun | |
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Shade | |
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Wild Weather and Changing Climates | |
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Drought and Arid Climates | |
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Surviving with Less Water | |
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How Much Water Does Your Lawn Need? | |
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Measure-to-Measure: Efficient Watering | |
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What to Do with Too Much Lawn | |
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Tough Love: More Water Is Not Better | |
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Xeriscaping Is Not "Zero-Scaping" | |
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My Trees Are Turning Brown | |
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To Mulch or Not to Mulch: Baring It All Is a Bad Idea | |
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No Burn: Fertilizing Techniques for Arid Climates | |
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Plants for Dry Times | |
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Flood | |
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The Soil Is Wet but My Plants Are Droopy | |
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Burial! | |
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Plants That Survive with Wet Feet | |
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Climate Change | |
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If the Globe Is Warming, Why Is It So Cold This Winter? | |
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El Nino: How Can the Ocean Affect My Garden? | |
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Plants for Warming Climates | |
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Extreme Weather | |
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Blizzard! | |
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Snow Loads and Plant Architecture | |
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It's Freezing Out There! | |
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Big Winds | |
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Thunderstorms | |
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Weathering Warm, Dry Winters | |
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Plants for Warming Climates | |
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Wildfire | |
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What's a Fire-Dependent Ecosystem? | |
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Planting and Maintaining a Fire Barrier | |
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Plants That Resist Fire | |
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Invaders | |
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Weeds | |
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What's a Weed? | |
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Green Today and Gone Tomorrow | |
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Outsmarting the Invaders: The Region's Top Garden Weeds and How to Defeat Them | |
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Noxious Weeds | |
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When Good Plants Go Bad | |
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The Law of Empty Spaces | |
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A Rose by Any Other Name: Decoding Scientific Names | |
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Designing a Low-Allergy Garden | |
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Plants That Won't Get Out of Control | |
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Pests Large and Small | |
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Who's Eating My Garden? | |
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Outwitting the Invaders: A Primer on the Region's Top Animal, Insect, and Fungus Pests | |
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Garden Sex: Pollinator-Plant Relationships | |
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The Killing Fields: The Perils of Pesticides | |
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Who Eats Whom? | |
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Indigestible Plants | |
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Plants That Attract Wildlife | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Gardening Resources | |
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Books | |
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Gardening Society Newsletters | |
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Internet Sites | |
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Gardens and Nurseries: Inspiring Places to Visit | |
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Index | |