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Grow what you love: 12 food plant families to change your life
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Publisher
Firefly Books
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Getting Started
Set Your Garden Free
Planning Your Garden
Where to Start
The Basic Ingredients
Where to Plant
Workshop #1: Convert a Trough into a Raised Bed
Sheet Mulching
Gardener's Toolkit
Know the Rules So You Can Break Them
Laying the Groundwork: Cultivating Soil and Composting
Know Your Soil
Soil Building and Composting
Workshop #2: Hot Compost
Worm Composting
The Plant Directory
Tender Herbs
Recipe: Mix and Match Pesto
Perennial Herbs
Recipe: Rosemary Honey Ice Cream
Recipe: Summer Fresh Mojito
Tomatoes
Workshop #3: Planting and Pruning Tomatoes
Recipe: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs
Summer Greens
Recipe: Summer Salad with Meyer Lemon and Chive Vinaigrette
Winter Greens
Recipe: Savory Galette
Hardy Greens
Recipe: Favorite Frittata
Root Vegetables
Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables with Citrus, Herbs, Chilies and Pomegranate
Cucumbers and Summer Squash
Recipe: Summer Squash with Fresh Herbs and Capers
Pods and Beans
Recipe: Fava Beans, Greens and Fresh Herb Tartine
Edible Perennials
Recipe: Spiced Rhubarb Compote
Berries
Recipe: Summer Berry Shrub
Edible Flowers and companion Plants
Recipe: Candied Violets
Recipe: Nasturtium Capers
The Simple Act of Growing
Grow: Seeding, Planting and Propagating
Seed-Sowing Basics
Workshop #4: How to Grow Plants from Seed
Workshop #5: Transplanting
Succession Planting and Cut-and-Come Again Crops
How to Choose Plants at the Nursery
Workshop #6: Rooting Stem Cuttings in a Soilless Mix
Propagating Plants from Cuttings
Dividing Plants
Tending and Training
Gardening Basics
Smart Watering
Staking and Trellising
Pruning, Deadheading and Tidying Up
Feed Your Garden
Gardening in Winter
Follow Nature, Harvest and Continue Growing
Add Diversity to Your Garden
Workshop #7: How to Combine Plants
Organic Gardening
Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
Animals in the Garden
Continue Growing
Workshop #8: Four Easy Ways to Preserve Herbs
Workshop #9: Savoring Your Harvest
Planning Next Season's Garden
Pass It On
For My Girls
Resources
Hardiness and Extreme Minimum Temperature Zones
Conversion Table
Online Resources
Seed Companies
On My Shelf.
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ISBN
9780228100201
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