Starter vegetable gardens : 24 no-fail plans for small organic gardens
By: Barbara Pleasant ; photography by John Gruen
Publisher: Storey Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: North Adams, MA
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781603425292; 9781603425308
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Developing your garden plan. Starting small and growing year by year -- 	Sizing up your site and soil -- The easy-care bag garden. Year one -- Year two -- Year three -- A bountiful border. Year one -- Year two -- Year three -- 	The front-yard food supply.  Year one -- Year two -- Year three -- Family food factory gardens. Short, cool summers -- full-season summers -- 	Long, hot summers -- Angel wings herb garden -- Essential techniques and more planting plans. Purposeful planting plans -- Deciding what to grow. It’s all in the timing -- Vegetables and climate -- Designing beautiful, big-flavor gardens. From flowers to food -- 	Working with seeds and seedlings. Garden plan : overnight success -- Direct-seeding in your garden -- Garden plan : strictly from seed -- Starting seeds indoors -- Starting seeds step-by-step -- Garden plan : paintbrush beds -- Supporting your plants. Types of support -- How to pound a post -- How to cage a tomato -- Garden plan : high-value verticals -- Water : make every drop count. Garden plan : marinara medley -- Knowing when to water -- The magic of mulch. When looks count -- Garden plan : managed mulch garden -- Fertilizing your garden.  Weighing your options -- Garden plan : sweet corn & company -- Can you use too much? -- Your insect friends and foes. Organic remedies that really work -- Garden plan : beneficial border -- Preventing dastardly diseases. Super-strong varieties -- Garden plan : Cajun spice -- Fighting with fungi -- Smart harvesting. Chill out! -- Preserving your favorite herbs -- Garden plan : good-for-you garden -- Stretching the seasons. Three ways to bring on spring -- Garden plan : six-weeks-sooner  -- Pick-of-the-crop veggie varieties -- Making good choices -- What is a variety? -- Top varieties for your garden, crop by crop -- Appendix. Gardener’s basic lingo -- Which planting plans are right for you? -- Sources for seeds and plants -- USDA hardiness zone map -- Metric conversions.