Year on the Garden Path : A 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide

by Herriot, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780973805802
• ISBN10: 0973805803
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Full of seasonally-relevant, practical information, this easy-to-follow, weekly gardening guide can be picked up any day of the year to explain what's happening in the garden and your role in creating a beautiful, healthy ornamental landscape and food garden. An indispensable guide, full of helpful tips and recipes, this highly illustrated book covers everything from soil building to pruning to four-season food growing and seed saving. Carolyn Herriot has operated The Garden Path Organic Nursery since 1989. She is a passionate and inspiring organic gardener, who writes for magazines and co-hosts two gardening shows on Global and CHTV.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(4)
JANUARY
A Brand New Gardening Year: Cold Snaps • About the Birds • Reading a Seed Catalogue	5	(3)
First Week: New Signs of Growth • Hurrah for Hellebores	8	(2)
Second Week: Liming Your Garden • That Infernal Moss!	10	(1)
Third Week: Little Pea Secrets • A Big Pea Secret! • The Original Sweet Pea	11	(2)
Fourth Week: Feed the Soil • Kales -- Nutritious and Delicious • In the Greenhouse	13	(4)
FEBRUARY
First Week: Carefully Does It! • Care of Tools • Proper Pruning Practice	17	(2)
Second Week: Welcome the Narcissi • Classic Camellias • Fruit Tree Care	19	(2)
Third Week: Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb! • Squeaky Beans • Taking a Soil Test • The Soil Food Web • Getting Your Vegetables off to a Fast Start	21	(5)
Fourth Week: The Primary Seeding • Ten Tips for Happy Seedlings • Tricky Seeds	26	(5)
MARCH
First Week: The Four Secrets of Successful Soil Building • Composting Is Not Rocket Science!	31	(4)
Second Week: Quiet Please, Weeds Growing! • Divide • and Multiply! • The Golf Green Lawn	35	(4)
Third Week: Get to Know Your Clematis • Last Chance to Prune	39	(2)
Fourth Week: Best Care for Seedlings • Top Tips for Terrific Tomatoes • Propagating Herbs	41	(6)
APRIL
First Week: Watering • Dry Gardens • Dry Garden Plants	47	(2)
Second Week: What to Do in the Flower Garden • Dazzling Dahlias (Part One) • Special-teas: Compost, Comfrey and Nettle Tea	49	(4)
Third Week: What to Do in the Vegetable Garden • In the Fruit and Berry Patch • Self-Seeding Vegetables	53	(2)
Fourth Week: Shedding Light on Shade • Perfect Plants for Impossible Places • Slick Slug Control • Diane's List of Deerproof Plants	55	(4)
MAY
First Week: It's All About the Microbes • Crop Rotation • What to Do in the Vegetable Garden • A Nifty Trick for Carrots • Winning Tomato Tips	59	(4)
Second Week: In the Fruit and Berry Patch • Keeping Cut Flowers from Your Garden Fresh	63	(2)
Third Week: In the Flower Garden • Pressed Flowers • Going Potty • Making Wire • Hanging Baskets	65	(4)
Fourth Week: True English Cowslips • Lovely Lilacs • Azaleas and Rhododendrons • The Prettiest of Peonies • Feeding Roses	69	(4)
JUNE
First Week: Rambling Roses • My Interview with David Grierson • Sweet Strawberries • The Beneficial Ladybug	73	(3)
Second Week: Solutions to Pesky Plant Problems • Simple Home Remedies • Plants That Keep • Bugs at Bay • The Heart of the Artichoke	76	(5)
Third Week: Why Save Seeds? • Saving Seeds Successfully • How to Save Tomato Seeds	81	(3)
Fourth Week: What to Do in Your Garden Now • In the Vegetable Garden • In the Fruit and Berry Patch • Native Plants: The Right Plant in the Right Place	84	(7)
JULY
First Week: Cut-and-Come-Again Vegetables • Four Season Food Gardens	91	(2)
Second Week: Edible Flowers • A Visit to the Sticky Wicket Wildlife Garden	93	(3)
Third Week: Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer • Overwetting? • Softwood Cuttings	96	(2)
Fourth Week: In the Flower Garden • In the Greenhouse • In the Vegetable Garden • In the Fruit and Berry Patch • Stripping in the Garden! • So Many Weeds...So Little Time! • Questions & Answers	98	(5)
AUGUST
First Week: Too Dry? • Busy Little Bees • Handy Harvesting Tips	103	(2)
Second Week: Flowers for Special Occasions • Recipes from the Garden • Pick a Peck of Perfect Peppers • Tender Eggplants	105	(6)
Third Week: Bring on the Biennials • Let's Hear It for Hydrangeas! • Phormiums Add Drama • Heritage Hollyhocks	111	(3)
Fourth Week: Container Gardening • Container Vegetables • How to Grow Lovely Leeks • Luscious Lettuces • Tip the Tomatoes! • Vine Weevils	114	(5)
SEPTEMBER
First Week: Lawn Care • Need a Lawn Restoration? • How to Plant a Tree • High Quality Trees • Grow a Hedge • Plants for Fall Interest • Apples Ready for Picking?	119	(3)
Second Week: Fall Cyclamens • Lovely Lilies • Ten Things You Should Know About Roundup	122	(2)
Third Week: Putting the Garden to Bed	124	(1)
Fourth Week: What to Do In the Garden • Saving Seeds • In the Fruit and Berry Patch	125	(4)
OCTOBER
First Week: Light Up with Bulbs • The Lasagna Technique • Plantaholics Unite	129	(2)
Second Week: Lots of Lovely Leaves! • Gourmet Winter Meals	131	(2)
Third Week: Grow the Best Garlic • White Rot In Garlic • It's All About the Foliage!	133	(3)
Fourth Week: Dazzling Dahlias (Part Two) • Keep Your Roses Rosy • In the Flower Garden • In the Vegetable Garden • In the Greenhouse • In Your Pond • In the Fruit Garden • Questions & Answers	136	(5)
NOVEMBER
First Week: Gardening with Green Manures	141	(2)
Second Week: The Miracle of Mulch • Hardwood Cuttings • Pressure-Treated Wood	143	(3)
Third Week: Questions & Answers	146	(2)
Fourth Week: The Greens and the Browns	148	(3)
DECEMBER
First Week: Weeds and What They're Good For! • Red Wigglers • Save the Worms! • Getting to the Root of the Vegetable	151
Second Week: Greenery for the Festive Season • Gift Ideas for Gardeners • Ten Reasons to Eat Organic Food	146	(14)
Third Week: The Wonder of Walnuts • Keep Your Christmas Tree Happy	160	(2)
Fourth Week: Peat-Free Gardening • Questions & Answers • Let's Speak Latin	162	(2)
Before a Brand New Gardening Year	164	(1)
Index	165	(4)
Order Form	169	(1)
Reviews	170