Preface | p. IX |
March | p. 1 |
Starting Plants from Seed | p. 1 |
Now Is the Time to Start Artichokes, Onions, and Peppers | p. 3 |
Pruning Apple Trees | p. 6 |
Sharpening Pruners | p. 9 |
Starting a Garden from Scratch | p. 11 |
Listening to the Garden Spirits | p. 15 |
Spring in the Garden | p. 17 |
Growing Rice: You Can Do It | p. 19 |
April | p. 22 |
Growing Giant Carrots | p. 22 |
Making Good Compost | p. 25 |
Planning the Vegetable Garden | p. 28 |
Day-Neutral Strawberries | p. 30 |
Planting Bare-Root Roses | p. 32 |
Rototilling-Good or Bad? | p. 35 |
Organic Seeds: Worth the Money? | p. 37 |
On Gardening and Grampies | p. 39 |
May | p. 42 |
Dandelions | p. 42 |
Hardening Off Seedlings and Planting the Vegetable Garden | p. 43 |
Fertilizers: Chemical versus Organic | p. 46 |
Organic Lawns | p. 48 |
Planting Trees and Shrubs for Birds | p. 51 |
Compost Tea | p. 53 |
Primroses | p. 56 |
Weeding 101 | p. 58 |
June | p. 62 |
Growing Green Beans | p. 62 |
Watering 101 | p. 64 |
Annual Flowers for Color All Summer Long | p. 67 |
Growing Ladyslipper Orchids | p. 70 |
Dealing with Insect Pests without Chemicals | p. 72 |
Gardening with Kids | p. 75 |
An Appreciation: Tasha Tudor (1915-2008) | p. 76 |
July | p. 81 |
Scarecrows: They're Not Just for Crows Anymore | p. 81 |
Biennial Flowers | p. 83 |
July Chores in the Vegetable Garden | p. 86 |
Perennial Fruits and Vegetables | p. 88 |
Hoes | p. 90 |
Mulching 101 | p. 92 |
On a Fad Diet of Rock Dust, How the Garden Does Grow? | p. 94 |
The Berrymeister, Lewis Hill | p. 97 |
August | p. 100 |
Garden Follies | p. 100 |
Daylilies | p. 103 |
The Garden as a Place of Comfort | p. 105 |
Standing Stones in the Garden | p. 108 |
The Killer Instinct | p. 110 |
Spiffy Up the Garden and Have a Party | p. 112 |
Wheelbarrows | p. 114 |
Saving the Harvest and Putting Up Tomatoes | p. 117 |
September | p. 120 |
Apples | p. 120 |
Planting Fall Bulbs | p. 123 |
Using and Storing the Harvest | p. 125 |
Fall in the Flower Garden | p. 126 |
Saving Seeds | p. 129 |
Share the Vegetables Day | p. 131 |
Fire Cider | p. 133 |
Putting the Garden to Bed | p. 135 |
October | p. 138 |
Giant Pumpkins | p. 138 |
In Praise of Leaf Mold | p. 141 |
Fall Asters | p. 143 |
Growing Garlic: Now Is the Time to Plant | p. 145 |
Fall Is the Time to Prune Deciduous Shrubs | p. 148 |
Noble Trees | p. 150 |
Planting Trees Right | p. 153 |
November | p. 158 |
Building a Pagoda-Style Garden Entry | p. 158 |
A Frog Lends a Hand to Rhododendrons | p. 159 |
Horseradish | p. 161 |
Forcing Bulbs | p. 164 |
Potatoes | p. 167 |
Protecting Your Soil | p. 169 |
Learning from Mistakes in the Garden | p. 171 |
December | p. 175 |
Poinsettias | p. 175 |
Protecting Plants for the Winter | p. 178 |
Starting Tropical Trees from Seed Indoors | p. 180 |
A Very Special Gardener | p. 182 |
Creating an Arboretum in Your Backyard | p. 185 |
Picking Stems to Grace the Table in Winter | p. 188 |
Removing Big Tree Branches | p. 190 |
Holiday Gardening with Kids | p. 192 |
January | p. 195 |
Stone Walls | p. 195 |
New Year's Reflections | p. 198 |
Growing Unusual Vegetables | p. 199 |
Decorating the Landscape for Winter | p. 202 |
Growing Bananas and Other Unusual Plants from Seed | p. 205 |
Goodbye and Good Riddance to Invasive Shrubs | p. 207 |
Midwinter Thoughts About Pesticides | p. 210 |
Study Your Landscape and Make Plans | p. 213 |
February | p. 216 |
Groundhog Day | p. 216 |
Seed Catalogs: What to Think About Before You Order | p. 217 |
Oaks | p. 220 |
Landscaping by Subtraction | p. 223 |
Starting Seeds in Soil Blocks | p. 225 |
Sustainable Stew | p. 228 |
Trees with Winter Interest | p. 230 |
Winter Work: Reading About Gardening | p. 233 |
Talking Gardening with Ray Magliozzi, the Car Talk Guy | p. 236 |
Index | p. 240 |
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