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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 | |