Vegetable Gardening For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Introduction 1 Part 1: Digging Into the Basics of Vegetable Gardening 5 Chapter 1: Vegetable Gardening 101 7 Chapter 2: Eyeing the Popularity and Benefits of Vegetable Gardening 15 Chapter 3: Planning Your Veggie Garden 23 Part 2: Focusing on All Things Veggies 43 Chapter 4: Tomatoes: The King of Veggies 45 Chapter 5: Meeting the Tomato's Cousins: Peppers and Eggplants 63 Chapter 6: Growing Underground Crops: Carrots, Onions, and Potatoes 79 Chapter 7: Sweet and Simple: Beans and Peas 99 Chapter 8: Vigorous Vines: Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpkins, and Squash 117 Chapter 9: Cool Weather Staples: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, and Cauliflower 137 Chapter 10: A Salad for All Seasons: Lettuce, Spinach, Swiss Chard, and Specialty Greens 151 Chapter 11: Sweet Corn and an A to T of Other Worthy Veggies 167 Chapter 12: Edible Landscapes: Fruits, Herbs, and Pretty Things to Eat 197 Part 3: Getting Down and Dirty in Your Vegetable Garden 215 Chapter 13: On Your Mark, Get Set Grow! 217 Chapter 14: Workin' the Dirt 239 Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Vegetable Garden 257 Chapter 16: Surveying Some Cool Planting Techniques 287 Chapter 17: Keeping Your Plants Healthy 301 Chapter 18: Containing Your Veggies 319 Chapter 19: Harvesting, Storing, and Preserving Vegetables 329 Part 4: The Part of Tens 339 Chapter 20: Ten Tools of the Trade 341 Chapter 21: Ten (or So) Ways to Extend Your Growing Season 351 Appendix: Planning Guidelines and Other Resources 359 Index 383

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