Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Part I Garden Profiles 13
What Do You Want from Your Garden?
Part II Building a Garden 23
1 Choosing a Site 25
2 Determining Garden Size 35
3 Designing Your Garden 39
4 Preparing Your Soil 47
5 Creating Garden Beds 55
6 Creating a Container Garden 69
7 Watering and Irrigation 75
Part III Garden Knowledge 87
8 Plant Life 101 89
9 Garden Tools: The Only 11 Tool You'll Ever Need 97
10 Fertilizing Your Garden 101
11 Compost 109
12 Essential Garden Skills 117
13 Know Your Climate 139
14 Crop Planning 145
15 Storing Your Harvest 153
Part IV Crop Profiles 155
16 Annual Vegetables 157
17 Perennial Vegetables 213
18 Herbs 221
19 Flowers in the Vegetable Garden 241
20 Berries 251
Part V More Garden Knowledge 259
21 Month by Month 261
22 Your Garden in Winter 267
23 Garden Problems and Solutions 273
Reference Tables 297
Succession Planting 297
Planting Dates 300
Crop Size, Spacing, and Scheduling 304
Fertilization 307
Resources 309
Acknowledgments 313
Index 314