Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Natural GardeningPrevious editions of this bestseller have established it as the definitive food-gardening manual for the Pacific Northwest. Now, this fully revised edition is available for gardeners' food-growing pleasure!Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades is the bible of vegetable gardening for anyone turning soil left of the Cascade Mountain range-from Western British Columbia to Northern California. It includes the basics of soil composition, when to plant, which seed companies to rely on, pest control, and an extensive section on the cultivation of each vegetable. Carrots, peppers, lettuce-you name it, it's in this book. |
Contents
Introduction | v |
Basics | ix |
Soil | 21 |
Composting | 67 |
Planning | 93 |
Water | 131 |
Seeds | 159 |
Transplants | 187 |
Predators | 211 |
How to grow it | 225 |
Annotated bibliography | 337 |
Index | 347 |
Common terms and phrases
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