Gardening when it counts : growing food in hard times / Steve Solomon.
Record details
- ISBN: 086571553X (sc.)
- ISBN: 9780865715530 (sc.) :
- ISBN: 9780865715530 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 086571553X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 340 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2006.
Content descriptions
General Note: | On cover: A Mother Earth news book for wiser living. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-328) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- T he com ing hard tim es -- G etting land -- Becom ing a vegetableatarian -- hapter 2: Basics -- W hat is a vegetable -- Helping plants grow -- Increasing soil fertility -- Sum m ary -- Tools and tasks -- The basic three and a file -- How to start a new garden -- Raised beds and raised rows -- T he bow rake -- Restoring a raised bed for planting again -- T he hoe -- Miscellaneous tools -- Care of tools -- Garden centers -- Transplants: Buyer beware -- Growing your own seedlings the easy way -- The garden center seedrack -- Seeds -- The mail-order seed business -- W ho to buy from -- M aking seeds com e up -- Saving on seed purchases -- Growing your own -- Watering and not -- spacing systems -- N ot suffering drought -- A gardener's textbook of sprinkler irrigation -- Compost -- Why compost? -- Making low-grade compost -- Medium-quality compost: The once-a-year heap -- H um anure -- Green manure and cover crops -- Insects and diseases -- Avoiding trouble -- Insects and their rem edies -- Diseases and their remedies -- What to grow and how to grow it -- Some general tips -- Crops that are easiest to grow -- Crops that are harder to grow -- Difficult vegetables -- Bibliography -- Books -- O nline resources |
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