Grow what you love: 12 food plant families to change your life

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.