Description
Book Synopsis Grow more food, with less work, in any yard now completely revised and expanded!
Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule?
Now completely updated and expanded, Backyard Bounty will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy.
Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you''ll need to grow a successful garden, including:
- Planning your garden and preparing the soil
- Organic fertilizers and simplified composting
- Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules
- Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate
- Greenhouses, tunnels and containers
- Organic pest management.
Packed with a wealth of information specific to th
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Our Gardening Climate and How Plants Grow
Chapter 2: Planning a Productive Garden
Chapter 3: Preparing the Soil
Chapter 4: Basic Methods for Growing Vegetables
Chapter 5: Starting Seedlings and Saving Seeds
Chapter 6 Basic Methods for Growing Fruit
Chapter 7 Food Crops in Greenhouses and Containers
Chapter 8 Year-round Gardening Calendar
Chapter 9 Managing Pests and Problems
Chapter 10 A to Z Vegetables
Chapter 11 A to Z Fruit
Resources
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
