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Tables of Contents for Jeff Cox's 100 Greatest Garden Ideas
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Introduction
viii
Great Garden ideas for Spring
2
64
1. This Handy Worm Bin Makes Great Kitchen Compost
2
4
2. Train Spring Asparagus to Bear Summerlong Harvests
6
2
3. Two Cabbage Heads Are Better Than One
8
2
4. Grow Great Carrots, Even in Poor Soil
10
2
5. Cauliflower (Almost) All Year-Round
12
2
6. Three Crops That Are Tops Together
14
2
7. Five Steps to Fabulous Cucumbers
16
2
8. Make Your Move in Spring for Fantastic Mums and Kale in Fall
18
2
9. Boost Pepper Production with Jungle Conditions
20
2
10. Use Tomato Cages All Year Long
22
2
11. A Simple Garden Trellis for All Your Vines
24
2
12. Grow Vegetables in Your Lawn
26
2
13. Solarize Your Soil for Earlier Harvests
28
2
14. Frost-Proof Your Tomatoes for an Early Harvest
30
2
15. A Year's Worth of Tomatoes for an Hour's Work
32
2
16. Simple Steps to Bigger, Better Vegetables
34
2
17. Sow Small Seeds Evenly and Easily
36
4
18. Meet Crops' Needs with the Right Amount of Feed
40
4
19. Beautiful, Bountiful Bush Fruits for (Almost) Free
44
2
20. Get Two Red Raspberry Harvests from the Same Plants
46
2
21. Mow Better Strawberries
48
2
22. Double Your Harvest -- Grow Vines on Fruit Trees
50
2
23. Drape Vines over Shrubs for Showers of Flowers
52
2
24. Willow Water Works Wonders on Woody Cuttings
54
2
25. Mountains of Mums and Masses of Asters
56
2
26. Delightful Delphiniums All Season Long
58
2
27. Create a Low-Maintenance Lawn with Flowers and Herbs
60
6
Great Garden ideas for Summer
66
52
28. Grow Your Own Organic Mulches and Compost Boosters
66
2
29. This Summer, Grow Gourmet Baby Vegetables
68
2
30. Harvest Three Foods from One Bean Plant
70
2
31. Cut-and-Come-Again Broccoli
72
2
32. Tricks for Raising the Tastiest Brussels Sprouts Ever
74
2
33. Lettuce Loves Flowers
76
2
34. Extend Your Salad Season with Plastic Tunnels
78
2
35. Bug Juice Blows Pests Away
80
2
36. Plant Juice Foils Garden Pests
82
2
37. Clothespins Close Earworms Out of Corn
84
2
38. Snare Slugs and Snails with Baits, Traps, and Barriers
86
2
39. Fight Plant Fungi with Homemade Solutions
88
2
40. Fast Apple Thinning for Fuller Harvests
90
2
41. Start a Cottage Garden of Self-Sowing Flowers
92
4
42. Easy-Does-It Dried Flowers
96
4
43. Get Creative with Container Combos
100
2
44. Change the Color of Your Hydrangeas
102
2
45. A Snip in Time Extends Bloom Time
104
2
46. Create Planting Possibilities in Patios and Stairways
106
2
47. Add a Water Feature (without the Water)
108
2
48. Two Gardens in One
110
4
49. Bring Life to Your Garden with a Small Pond
114
4
Great Garden Ideas for Fall
118
54
50. Make Great Compost from Lawn Leftovers
118
2
51. No-Work Mulch Gardening
120
2
52. Make on-the-Spot Mulch with Compost and Prunings
122
2
53. Turn Your Lawn Mower into a Shredder
124
2
54. Wipe Out Weeds with White Clover
126
2
55. Protect Soil Nutrients with Cover Crops
128
2
56. Enlist the Help of Volunteer Vegetables
130
2
57. Overwinter Greens for Your Earliest Spring Salads Ever
132
2
58. Deer- and Raccoon-Proof Garden Fencing
134
4
59. Grow Semitropical Fruits in the North
138
2
60. Graft Variety onto Your Fruit Tree
140
4
61. Espalier Fruit Trees for Good Looks and Top Yields
144
2
62. Plant Disease-Resistant Apples for Chemical-Free Crops
146
2
63. Surefire Ways to Keep Birds and Squirrels from Eating Your Fruits and Nuts
148
2
64. Plant Perennials in Fall to Spruce Up Bulb Foliage in Spring
150
2
65. Colorful Companions for New Perennial Gardens
152
2
66. Mix and Match Plants for Quick Landscaping Effects
154
2
67. Blend Native and Exotic Plants for the Best of Both Worlds
156
2
68. More Lilies Four Ways
158
2
69. Roses Bloom Better Lying Down
160
2
70. Grow Six Rose Plants from a Single Bush
162
2
71. Turn a Slope into a Stone-Wall Garden for Plants
164
2
72. Four Fast Ways to Propagate Succulents
166
2
73. Plant a Wildflower Meadow the Easy Way
168
4
Great Garden Ideas for Winter
172
56
74. Homemade Seed Tapes Save Time in Spring
172
2
75. A Simple Seed-Starting Setup with Bottom Heat
174
2
76. Homegrown Salads in the Dead of Winter
176
2
77. Create a Winter Garden
178
2
78. You Can Grow Artichokes in the North
180
2
79. Grow High-Quality Celery Underground
182
2
80. Plant Leeks Once, Have Leeks Forever
184
2
81. Fix Conditions in Your Favor for Really Sweet Melons
186
2
82. Grow Big Onions That Will Keep All Winter
188
2
83. Grow Organic Potatoes the Quick and Easy Way
190
2
84. Sweet Potatoes Forever-Even Up North
192
2
85. Plant Deep to Reap a Heap of Tomatoes
194
2
86. Simple Traps Outwit Apple Pests
196
2
87. Balanced Grape Pruning Produces Top Yields
198
4
88. Change Grape Varieties the Easy Way
202
2
89. Return of the Native (Fruits)
204
2
90. Create a Mini Nut Grove in Your Backyard
206
2
91. Fresh Peaches for (Almost) Every Region
208
2
92. Borrow a Landscape-Broaden Your Yard
210
2
93. Color-Coordinate Your Home and Landscape
212
2
94. Give Your Trees and Shrubs a Makeover
214
2
95. Keep Cool with Vigorous Vines
216
2
96. Attract Beneficial Bugs for Natural Pest Control
218
2
97. Plan a Landscape Birds Will Love
220
2
98. Bring On the Butterflies
222
2
99. Make Your Yard a Hummingbird Haven
224
2
100. Make a Night Garden That's a Knockout
226
2
Sources
228
5
Recommended Reading
233
3
Index
236
10
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
246