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VEGETABLE sa ARTICHOKE sa ASPARAGUS sa BEAN sa BEET sa BROCCOLI sa BRUSSELS SPROUTS sa CABBAGE sa CARDOON sa CARROT sa CAULIFLOWER sa CELERY sa CHARD sa CICHORIUM sa CORN sa CUCUMBER sa EGGPLANT sa GARLIC sa GOURD sa JICAMA sa KALE sa KOHLRABI sa LEEK sa LETTUCE & SALAD GREENS sa OKRA sa ONION sa PARSNIP sa PEA sa PEANUT sa PEPPER sa POPCORN sa POTATO sa PUMPKIN sa RADISH sa RUMEX sa RUTABAGA sa SHALLOT sa SOYBEAN sa SPINACH sa SPROUT RAISING sa SQUASH sa SWEET POTATO sa TOMATO sa TURNIP sa VEGETABLE DESIGNS & PATTERNS sa VEGETABLE DRAWING & PAINTING sa VEGETABLE GARDENING sa VEGETABLE PRINTING & RUBBING sa VEGETABLE: ARTIFICIAL & IMITATION sa WATERCRESS xx FOOD xx PLANT A guide to growing herbs and vegetables on a balcony, in the city. How to have a complete vegetable garden in your backyard. Big-producing mini-garden in a 15-ft. by 20-ft. space. Growing your own groceries. How to plan a garden for six months of growing. Plan One consists of four 10x10-ft. beds for a steady supply of salad vegetables. Plan Two is for a 10x25-ft. lot-line garden. Plan Three is a combination flower and vegetable garden for the corner of a lot. Also covers how to grow herbs, indoors and out. An eight-page series of photos that shows annuals, perenials and vegetables that can be grown easily in a small place. How to grow a backyard garden. Plans for a 25-ft. square vegetable garden and the steps needed to prepare the site are given. A down-to-earth guide to growing vegetables. Collection of tips on growing vegetables in containers, in flower beds, and using trellises and supports. Includes sketch on now to build a mobile mini garden with seven tiers, each six feet long. Also includes tips on soil and fertilizer, when and how to plant, shields you can make to modify spring weather extremes and how to fight pests. How to grow vegetables in a tiered garden. How to plant high-yielding vegetables in a small space. Vegetable garden planting for a backyard bumper crop. How to grow a second harvest of vegetables between early August and late October. Includes a plan for an 8x10-ft. garden with 18 varieties of vegetables. Raising miniature, gourmet vegetable varieties in a 4x16-ft. raised-bed garden. Provides a guide to miniature varieties, explains how to build a raised bed with a short trellis and to get two harvests with a replanting at midsummer. Space-stretching ideas for a backyard vegetable garden. Includes instructions for building a raised bed and planting strategies that allow putting crops closer together. Healthy harvest. Suggestions on selecting vegetables for a backyard garden. Includes advice on using compost and mulch. How to plant a home vegetable garden. Gives general instructions, step-by-step site preparation, a guide to planting and harvest times and sunlight requirements. General tips on planting a backyard garden. How to grow vegetables in containers. Photos show how to grow your own vegetables from ground preparation thru planting. How to plot your own bumper crop vegetable garden in the backyard. Includes a chart of what and when to sew seeds and harvest. How to garden for year-round eating. Covers crop selection, preservation, and preparation. How to grow your own transplants. How to get bedding plants off to a good start. A guide to mid-summer thinning, fertilization, and watering. Harvesting vegetables for peak flavor, succulence, and vitamin content. A general guide for several vegetables. Introduction to the biology and ecology (ecosystem) of a vegetable garden. Hints for harvesting vegetables at their prime. A no-weed vegetable garden. Covers site preparation, soil preparation, mulching, and planting plans. Twenty seven time-saving tips for gardeners. How to garden in a ring. Center is a compost pile surrounded by 3-ft. high wire mesh. Planting is circular around it with vines climbing the mesh. A chart of vegetables for mid-summer planting. Family Circle's no-fail guide to vegetable gardening. Farming in buckets. How to raise as many vegetables in containers as would normally fill a 5-ft. square garden. Tips on planting a fall vegetable garden. Gardening in small places. Tips for using planters, raised gardens, etc. to grow vegetables in small areas. Tips on growing over $200 worth of vegetables from just a 10x20-ft. plot using wide-row gardening. General gardening tips and reminders about the most important home garden jobs. The automatic vegetable garden. How a 20x42-ft. garden equipped with drip irrigation and black plastic mulch can produce $700 worth of vegetables for a cost of only $85. Combines raised, wide rows with automatic watering. Two ways to a great vegetable garden. (1) Chinese method. (2) French intensive method. A guide to 35 varieties of Oriental vegetables and tips on growing them in a home garden. Advice on vegetable gardening near a septic tank and drain field. A guide to the all-American Selections in flowers and vegetables for 1979. Includes descriptions, uses and growing instructions. A roundup of new vegetable varieties for 1979. A to Z hints for the vegetable gardener. Growing Oriental vegetables. Guidelines for raising wong bok (Chinese cabbage), bok choi (spoon cabbage), Oriental cucumbers, daikon, mizuna (Chinese broccoli), Oriental eggplant and Snow peas. Growing food without a garden. Tips on raising sprouts in jars, vegetables in pots, etc. National Garden Bureau plans for a "nonstop vegetable garden" show how a 600-square foot garden can be created for each of the three distinct seasons (spring, summer and fall). Plant a ratatouille or stir-fry vegetable garden. Includes recipes. Raising midget vegetables will produce high yields, and good taste, from small garden plots. Tips on choosing the best vegetables to grow for canning and freezing. Tips on growing and preserving vegetables and fruit. Growing root vegetables. How to make the most of the least space. How to identify the nutrient that is lacking in your vegetable plants and how to apply a fertilizer to correct the inadequacy. Tips on a few strategies of temperature control during the growing season which will make your vegetable gardening more efficient. Salad gardening with miniatures. A guide to what is available in miniature vegetables. The twenty-minute vegetable garden. How to get big production in a small space using raised planters, trellises and "pillow packs." Suggestions on selecting produce for successful competition in a county fair. Making your autumn garden work. A look at fall crops, planting schedules and gardening tips. Purslane. Tips on growing and harvesting green and gold French varieties of this salad green. A guide to frost-tolerant annual flowers and vegetables to make the most of a short growing season. Guidelines on the specific characteristics of vegetables that tell when they're ready to harvest. Vertical vegetables. A guide to vegetables that grow well vertically and eight styles of trellises to make. A look at the gardening efforts of homesteaders in Alaska, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territories. High-rise horticulture. Tips on growing vegetables in containers on a balcony or rooftop. A look at the Chinese methods of raising vegetables. A guide to companion planting. The solar salad bar. A complete guide to raising vegetables in a domestic greenhouse. Summer speculations. How to experiment with different gardening techniques and record the results in order to determine the most effective for your needs. First ditch efforts. How planting vegetables in trenches filled with manure and compost can overcome the effects of a prolonged drought. The engineered garden. How to layout and utilize 4x4-ft. planting blocks to grow vegetables. Feed a family of four in a 10x15-ft. space. How to protect vegetables from fall frosts. How to raise two crops in one season in northern climates (north of the 45th parallel). As you reap so shall you sow. How to save your own seeds for vegetable gardening. The absentee gardener. How to lay out and plant a garden which can survive weeks at a time with total neglect. Bottom-line horticulture. A look at the costs and savings connected with a home vegetable garden. The planning and soil preparation for a summer vegetable garden. Includes tips on overcoming an acid soil pH, organic composting and making a biodegradable insecticide and fertilizer. Ring culture. A variation of hydroponics suited to container-growing of vegetables at home. Some tips. Tips on fall seeding of vegetable crops. Miniature vegetables can yield almost as much as their full-sized relatives since their energies are focused on the edible roots and fruit versus foliage. Crop rotation in gardens. An explanation of a three-year rotation program and a card system that helps with the planning. Also summarizes crop classifications and the impact some crops have on each other. Eastern exposure. A selection of Oriental vegetables for midsummer planting. Country vegetable gardens. Advice on foolproof, highly productive crops. Support your vegetables. Vertical growing gains garden space. Some tips. Build a raised bed for better vegetable growing. How to break new ground, prepare the soil, raise the bed, etc. Growing smarter. Vegetable gardening myths that may be costing you time and productivity. How to use raised beds, drip irrigation, mulch, tunnels, ... to improve your vegetable yields. Twenty ideas for successful vegetable gardens. Fall planting guide for hardy spring bulbs, ornamentals, and cool-season vegetables. Edible landscapes. How to combine fruits and vegetables into your ornamental plantings. Tips on planting and caring for hardy late-harvest vegetables. Vegetable alternatives. Tips on raising an assortment of less-common vegetables. Layout and plant a 3x15-ft. vegetable garden which needs little maintenance. Uses black plastic over existing lawn. Try your hand at 3-crop gardening. Get spring, summer and fall harvests without increasing the size of your garden. Involves correct timing, use of fertilizers, selection of plantings and use of black plastic mulch. How to troubleshoot your vegetable garden problems. How to plant a successful spring garden. Planting schedule and suggestions on cool-weather vegetables given. How to produce your own vegetable seedlings. Instructions for sowing seeds in flats or containers and raising them to a size ready for transplanting in the garden. How to raise vegetables in containers. Includes special information on soil, fertilizer and watering needs. How to make and plant raised vegetable beds. How to start a community vegetable garden. Suggestions on finding a plot, assistance that is available from county extension services, and establishing a work plan. A look at the trace elements required for various vegetables and deficiency symptoms. How to raise vegetables in pots and planters. How to grow vegetables the mulch-organic way. How to do wide row vegetable gardening. Includes a chart showing when and how to plant each vegetable. Farming in a flowerpot. How to raise all sorts of vegetables in flowerpots. Tasteful ornamentals. Decorative vegetables to plant in your border. Looks at Brussels sprouts, kales, parsley, rhubarb, etc. Green-thumb computing. Use your home computer to help plan your garden. Retrieve valuable information about the vegetables you grow. General information on the brassica family of vegetables. Keeping the harvest fresh. How to store just-picked vegetables. Two ways to grow your own produce. (1) The aesthetic (decorative, landscaped) vegetable garden. (2) The elevated vegetable garden. How to grow healthier vegetables that are better for you. A guide to nutritious green leafy vegetables. How to plan succession plantings for your vegetable garden in order to double your harvest. Harvest fresh vegetables all year around by planting a deep mulch midwinter garden. In praise of a patchwork garden. Tips on raising herbs and vegetables in small spaces. Includes plans for a cold frame. How to grow vegetables during the winter in a "container garden". Special 24-page spring gardening section. Covers early-maturing vegetable varieties, transplanting seedlings, "skimming" weeds, a guide to tackling garden pests, growing buckwheat, and six beginner's kits for drip irrigation systems. Results of a comparison of four techniques for minigardens: (1) Hand-worked, biodynamic/French intensive technique. (2) Rototilled, raised-bed method. (3) Conventional row design in which plot is rototilled. (4) Deep-mulch technique popularized by Ruth Stout. Beginning gardening. Advice for those creating a first-time-ever vegetable, flower or herb garden. Stocking the root cellar. Tips on selecting and preparing vegetables for long-term storage. Three unusual vegetables for early plantings (scorzonera, salsify and celtuce). A description of their characteristics, planting and culture. Successful second cropping. A guide to varieties to plant. A guide to both bolt- and frost-resistant late summer vegetables. A guide to which vegetables store well and how to care for or process them. The greening of winter. Special section on growing fresh vegetables during the winter. Includes an improved miniature solar growing frame (plans must be ordered). Includes tips on what and when to plant. Container gardening for fruits and vegetables. Second-season vegetables. A guide to vegetables that can be planted in the summer for a fall garden. Victorian vegetable garden design and gardening techniques described. A look at ancient crops for desert gardens by Gary Nabhan and Richard Felger of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The crop plants of the Southwest American Indians that are being retried include Blue maize (Zea mays indurata), the tepari bean (phaseolus acutifolius), the Hopi sunflower (Helianthus annuus), the Pima squash (cucurbita mixta) and the devil's claw or unicorn plant (Proboscidea parviflora). A report on two years of experimenting at the New Organic Gardening Experimental Farm with interplanting of legumes to produce more food from the same space. How to make a succession planting chart to give "in" and "out" times for the most food production from the least amount of space. Succession chart shown for southwest Illinois. A look at raised bed gardening and the three options available: (1) Planting an entire bed all to one crop, (2) planting close rows without paths, and (3) planting intercropped and succession varieties in one bed. A report by an Illinois gardener on his plan for three raised-bed gardens for more vegetables in less space. How to plan an "absentee garden", a garden site you can visit only once or twice a week. Tips on how to start seedlings indoors successfully. Covers light, nourishment, air, water and temperature requirements. Also looks at vegetables that transplant well, some tips on pruning and hardening off. A look at some unusual vegetables you can grow. Includes amaranth, tampala, cardoon, celeriac, celtuce, chervil, collards, corn salad, daikon, fennel, elephant garlic, gobo, ground cherry, Japanese eggplant, lentils, luffa, mustard, rocket, safflower, salsify, skirret, sorrel, upland cress and witloof chicory. A look at gardening effectively with fast-maturing varieties of vegetables. Especially desirable for gardeners who face long dry spells, early or late frosts, and a multitude of bugs and plant diseases. A description of how one Iowa family converted its front yard into a vegetable garden. How to grow white or black salsify, a vegetable that resembles oysters for taste. A look at how much money can be saved by growing your own food. A look at late crops that can be raised in the Intermountain West. How to extend the life of your vegetable garden by transplanting the plants into pots and flats. How to extend the garden season for vegetables through the use of mulches and cold frames. Includes a table of vegetables and their storage requirements, in the ground or a root cellar. A look at Oriental vegetables that can be grown in temperate areas of the United States. Includes suggestions on varieties to choose and tips on growing and harvesting. Seed gardening. A look at the crops you can raise for their edible seeds. How to plan a vegetable garden for early picking. How to start vegetable seedlings indoors. Describes the benefits of a bottom-heated cold frame. A look at raising some out-of-the ordinary vegetables: Nasturtiums, Rocket, Salsify, Florence Fennel, Celeriac, and others. Suggestions on 12 varieties of vegetables that can be eaten raw, straight from the garden. How to extend your salad garden season. How to raise vegetables in a circular trellis. A look at a japanese farmer's technique in growing vegetables like wild plants. A look at planting vegetables that yield after repeated cuttings. (Swiss Chard, New Zealand Spinach, Kale, Head Cabbage, Escarole, Lettuce and Onions) Three Oriental vegetables for the summer and fall garden: coriander, purslane and edible chrysanthemums. Succession planting for a good crop of late-season vegetables. Gardening in an arbor. How to raise climbing vegetables on an arbor. Growing the ten vegetables with the highest amount of vitamins and minerals. How to grow vegetables for an extended eating season. How to plan your fall garden for winter vegetable self-sufficiency. A guide to leafy Oriental greens that can be raised all winter in a solar greeenhouse. A guide to planting a late-summer garden. A few practical ways to help late-season vegetables to get started in hot, dry summer soil. How to start your garden plants indoors. Planting vegetables in sod. Why and how to plan a rotation schedule for your garden. How to use a soil thermometer to tell you when to plant. Includes a chart of soil temperature conditions for 27 vegetable seeds to germinate. Renew your garden with midsummer plantings. How to grow salad vegetables thru the winter in solar-heated cold frames. Variety testing. How to make variety trials to find the ideal vegetables for your garden. Small plants, big vegetables. How to obtain maximum yield from your garden space with dwarf, bush varieties and short vining types of vegetables and fruits. Elbow room in an intensive planting. How far apart to plant various vegetables. Learning to love a small city garden. Tips on laying out vegetable planting areas to produce the most usable area with the least inconvenience on a small city lot. Planting a vitamin-packed garden. Selecting homegrown vegetables to meet your family's vitamin needs. Greens you can cut all season. Tips on raising Swiss chard, vegetable amaranth, cabbage, kale, and shungiku. A city landscape that really produces. Tips on how to meet your family's fruit and vegetable needs even with a city yard. Tips for growing indoor vegetables. With good soil and fluorescent lights you can even grow strawberries. The complete winter salad. Use cold frames to raise salad vegetables throughout the winter. A family food inventory to plan your garden. A two-week food diary takes the guesswork out of garden planning. Planning successful successions. When laying out the garden, group vegetables by last harvest date rather than planting time. Wide-row planting. A variation on the bed method that's designed for the rotary-tiller. How to experiment with French-intensive gardening techniques. Includes spacing for best yields of various vegetables. Charting a long-season garden. How good records help this gardener grow 90% of his vegetable needs and get 8 months of harvest from a 4 month growing season. The gardener who never forgets. Tips on using index cards to keep track of garden information from year to year. Plant a living garden calendar. How the growth and blooms of perennial flowers, shrubs and trees can tell you when it is time to plant your vegetables. How to harvest food from a fall garden until the ground freezes solid. How to achieve peak vegetable production in a solar greenhouse. Description of a 5,000 sq.ft. garden that produces 90% of the vegetables and fruits eaten by one family. Switching to a raised-bed intensive gardening system can mean bigger yields with less work. The seven-vegetable bed. A novel seeding method and succession planting maximize space. Gardens you can live in. Create a landscape that looks as good as it tastes (so called edible landscaping). Some tips. Replace spinach with orach, amaranth, basil and beet tops during the hot weather. How to harden-off plants prior to transplanting. Landscape for beauty and bounty. SPECIAL SECTION on making an attractive food garden of your entire yard. How to start your own vegetable transplants. Tips on planting and harvesting "cole" crops. How to raise vegetables in "mean" mountain climates. Seed-starting secrets. How to raise vegetables from seeds. Prune vegetables to rejuvenate them and prolong the harvest. Head-start gardening. A guide to vegetables that can be planted in the fall for earlier spring harvest. Mixing food plants into a home landscape. Ten guidelines for novices and a list of low-effort, perennial edibles. Home-garden research trials. How to conduct side-by-side comparisons to tell which varieties will work best for you. Suggestions on customized spacing of vegetable crops to produce better yields. Tip on growing vegetables in 32-gallon plastic trash can filled with compost ingredients. Points to consider when selecting short-season varieties of vegetables. Three garden plans that combine vegetables, flowers and herbs for a beautiful, edible border. Cool-climate tactics for growing heat-loving vegetables. Box crops. A guide to raising vegetables in containers. Prime time. How to pick vegetables at their peak. How to grow salad plants in a cold frame throughout the winter. Covers site selection, soil, choice of crops, methods for protection against intense cold and harvest information. Landscape borders that mix vegetables and flowers. Notes on some good combinations. An in-depth look at gardening in the Deep South. First in a series about gardening in special geographic regions. Includes diagrams that show how to control weeds, soil diseases and nematodes using solarization. List of the best perennials for the South. Two-page chart of common southern insect pests and organic remedies for each. Chart of planting and harvest dates for nine combinations of vegetables that do well in the south using succession planting and multiple cropping in the home garden. A guide to self-sowing annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs. Perennial vegetables. Seven long-lived vegetables to grow (asparagus, Egyptian onion, Good-King-Henry, Jerusalem artichokes, potato onions, rhubarb and sorrel). Plants that protect themselves from pests. A guide to varieties of tomatoes, beans, brassicas, corn, squash, cucumber, peas, cowpeas and sweet potatoes that have been breed to be pest-resistant. How to tell if a vegetable variety is open-pollinated or hybrid. A guide to vegetable varities that do well in heat (90 degrees and over). Food you can grow in the shade. Fifty-six edibles and ten ways to grow them better. Long-lasting veggies. Selecting, planting, harvesting and storing vegetables. Sixty-four fruit and vegetable harvest storage tips. How to grow a vegetable bonanza in a small plot. How to layout, prepare ground, start seedlings, a listing of what crops to plant in spring, summer and fall, etc. Double plot: Multiply your vegetable harvest. Planting in two plots can have several advantages. How to reap a rich food harvest from small garden plots. (1) 100 sq.ft. raised garden. (2) Tomato tower. (3) Freestanding trellis. (4) Dowel trellis. (5) String trellis. (6) Planter boxes. A master gardener's plan for a bountiful vegetable garden with very little work. Mulching, watering and pest-control systems reduce your effort. Experimental garden involves two exciting "genetic" experiments anyone can do. How to cross-breed flowers and vegetables. How to grow Oriental greens in Southern California. How to grow vining vegetables on trellises. A-frames and wire mesh tiers are both illustrated. Tips on how to successfully raise cool-season vegetables. List of vegetable picking times and storage tips. Vegetable engineering. Raised beds, modular beds, drip irrigation, trellises, plastic mulch and other ideas used to produce bumper crops. Tips from master vegetable gardeners on space efficiency, soil improvement, drip irrigation, double digging, French intensive, etc. Tips on growing radicchio (a bitter salad green). How to grow vegetables in containers. Covers special soil requirements, which vegetables to try, container selection, watering and fertilizing. How to make a raised vegetable bed with a drip-watering system for easy maintenance. Tip: How to sow leafy winter vegetables for transplanting. How to turn a weedy lot into a planted vegetable garden in about eight hours. Suggestions on dealing with the weeds, improving the soil, drip irrigation, borders and paths. How to grow root crops in a special bed. Tip: How to grow mesclun, a mixture of tender salad greens. Tips on growing vegetables and herbs for ethnic cooking. Suggestions for Mexican, Chinese and Italian specialties. Planting cool-season vegetables in California gardens. Chart gives dates for common vegetables in zones 7-9 and 14-17. The automatic vegetable garden. Grow over 575 pounds in mounded beds covered with black plastic and watered with a drip irrigation system. Grow your own Chinese (Oriental) vegetables. How to grow a second season garden. Tips on sowing vegetable seeds indoors. How to plant and care for a small backyard vegetable garden Tips on saving vegetable seeds. Companion planting: Combining vegetables and flowers when space and time is limited. Tips on planting an autumn garden. | |||||||||
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