Chapter 1: Introduction
The coming hard times
Getting land
Becoming a vegetableatarian
Chapter 2: Basics
What is a vegetable?
Helping plants grow
Increasing soil fertility
Summary
Chapter 3: Tools and tasks
The basic three and a file
How to start a new garden
Raised beds and raised rows
The bow rake
Restoring a raised bed for planting again
The hoe
Miscellaneous tools
Care of tools
Chapter 4: Garden centers
Transplants: Buyer beware
Growing your own seedlings the easy way
The garden center seedrack
Chapter 5: Seeds
The mail-order seed business
Who to buy from
Making seeds come up
Saving on seed purchases
Growing your own
Chapter 6:Watering ... and not
Four spacing systems
Not suffering drought
A gardener's textbook of sprinkler irrigation
Chapter 7: Compost
Why compost?
Making low-grade compost
Medium-quality compost: The once-a-year heap
Humanure
Green manure and cover crops
Chapter 8: Insects and diseases
Avoiding trouble
Insects and their remedies
Diseases and their remedies
Chapter 9: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
Chapter 10: Bibliography
Books
Online resources
Index
About the Author
