Dust Jacket: VG- (Very Good Minus)
Book: VG++ (Very Good Plus Plus)
ISBN:
0-87857-611-8
Notes:-
Cover Illustration by Murray Howden
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction Chapter 1 - The No-Dig No-Weed Method
- Why Do We Dig Gardens?
- The Case Against Digging
- Tools for No-Dig Gardening
- Tools for No-Weed Gardening
- Helpful Accessories
- Tool Simplicity Chapter 2 - Better Transplants - The Key to Success
- Why Use Transplants?
- Transplant Containers
- Growing Media
- Growing Areas
- How to Grow Your Own Transplants, Step by Step
- Caring for Growing Seedlings
- Moving Outdoors
- Growing Your Own Transplants Outdoors Chapter 3 - Planting the No-Dig Garden
- Testing the Soil
- Preparing the Garden for Planting
- Planting the Garden
- How to Use a Furrower
- Raised Beds, Hills, and the No-Dig Method Chapter 4 - Feeding the No-Dig Garden
- Water-Soluble Organic Fertilizers
- Solid Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
- Special Helpers
- Step-by-Step Soil Improvement
- No-Dig Soil Maintenance Chapter 5 - Mulching to Save Weeding and Watering
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Mulch
- How to Lay Down Organic Mulches
- The No-Weed Mulching System
- Solarization
- Watering Systems Chapter 6 - Beating Bugs and Diseases
- Polyester Pest Protection
- Homemade Insect Traps
- Acceptable Sprays for Pest Protection
- More Ways to Outwit Pests
- Fighting Diseases
- Fences to Keep Out Big Pests Chapter 7 - Faster, Longer, Bigger Harvest
- Cloches for Early Gardening
- Cloches for Late Gardening
- Efficient Gardening Techniques Chapter 8 - The No-Dig Vegetable Patch
- Alphabetical information on growing vegetables Chapter 9 - The No-Dig Flower Garden
- Alphabetical information on growing flowers
