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Praise for the 20-30 Something Garden Guide
THE. 20-30 something. GARDEN GUIDE. A no-fuss, down and dirty Gardening 101 for anyone who wants to grow stuff
To Bill, who made all my garden dreams come true
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
No one is born with a brown thumb
Gardening is one part artistic endeavor and one part craft
Needless to say, I come from hardy stock
Food, foliage, flowers . . . and the artist in you
Why garden?
Tried and true
About time
Reality check
A GARDENER’S GLOSSARY
YOUR GARDEN TOOLBOX
Garden 1. Small Space Gardening with Containers
Chapter One. Sunshine, Soil and New Beginnings
Take a deep breath and just be
First things
Your site
Here comes the sun
Pots don’t have to just sit there
Tools of the Trade
Drainage holes and saucers
What size container?
Potting soil (it’s not dirt)
Water: the stuff of life
Project Salad Bowl
Seeds or plants? Which are better?
What to grow?
What about hanging baskets?
Deciphering a Seed Packet
FRONT:
BACK:
Way to go!
Chapter Two. Three Seasons of Plenty: Spring, Summer and Fall
About the danger of seed catalogs
Getting the jump on spring
Starting Seeds Indoors
What to sow?
Build a seed-starting station
How do I know what seeds to buy? (food preferences and food limitations)
Herbs I grow:
When and how do I start?
Moving day
My plants are growing. Now what?
Spring
Potting Mixes. Replace or not? That’s a good question
Fertilizers: what’s the big deal about organic?
What do the initials NPK mean?
Crop rotation, pot-style
Summer
Fall
Overwintering potted shrubs and trees
Way to go!
Chapter Three. The Year of Achieving Container Wisdom and Expanding Your Horizons
Don’t let unseasonable weather get you down
Bad bugs, Good Bugs and Some That Are In-Between
Beneficial Insects
Pain in the a _ _ (PITA) insects
Generalized predator bugs: neither good nor bad
Managing Garden Pests Organically
Dealing with disease
Two Smart Ways to Get Water to Your Plants. Drip Irrigation
What you’ll need:
What to do:
Self-watering containers
Expanding your garden’s horizon
Hybrids vs. Heirlooms: the great debate
Hybrids
Heirlooms
Growing Small Fruits
Blueberries
Raspberries
Dwarf Fruit Trees
Apple
Peach
Way to go!
Garden 2. An Edible and Ornamental Garden in Your Front or Backyard
Chapter Four. Looking at Design
What to Plant Where
Raised Beds
Raised Bed Construction Step by Step
Materials
Assembly
Not a DIY’er? Ready-Made Raised Beds
Starting an Herb Garden
Perennial Herbs
Annual Herbs
Flowering Herbs (pretty and edible, too!)
Flowers in the Vegetable Garden?
My Top 10 List of Beautiful Edibles
What’s that ugly plant, and why are you growing it?
Way to go!
Chapter Five. Keeping Small and In Charge
Things to Consider Before Planning Your “Small and in Charge” Garden
A Backyard Garden
Planning Your Space
Biointensive gardening
My Smelly Recipe for Manure Tea
More About Tomatoes
Determinate vs. Indeterminate Tomatoes
Vegetables & Fruit that Overwinter with Ease
Fabric in the Garden? Oh yes
Way to go!
Chapter Six. Stay the Course, but Try Something New
New or Unique Veggie Varieties and Their Seasons
Discover garden cloches
Something new for fruit tree lovers
Espalier
Before you prune
Pruning
How to Protect Your Garden From Marauding Wildlife
Discouraging Deer and Their Ilk, While Encouraging Other Garden Wildlife
Preventing Theft by Two-Legged Bandits
Way to go!
Garden 3. A Garden to Delight the Senses
Chapter Seven. Creating a garden of delights
Engage your senses
A Garden Plan for the Senses
Laying Out the Circle
The Plants:
Touchable Plants
Some purely ornamental touchables
Grow plants that move in the breeze
Inspiration for the Planting Beds and Beyond. Trees and shrubs
Consider gentle fencing for garden definition
Design inspiration
Sensual Flowers for Every Garden. Sweetly Scented
Blooms of Excitement
Color me blue
Adapting the design to your needs
Way to go!
Chapter Eight. Pathways, Garden Art and Relaxation
Down the garden path
Here’s how Bill and I did it:
Other materials for your paths
No water feature? No pool? No problem
Art in the Garden
Stop and smell the roses . . . really
Way to go!
Chapter Nine. Caring for the Soil . . . and Yourself
Weeding as meditation
Compost, Compost, Compost
Improve your soil, improve your life
Mrs. Greenthumbs’ Compost Recipe
The matter of manure
Saving pollinators and other creatures
If you plant it, they will come
A Garden for Butterflies
Chrysalis alert
Pollinator appreciation
A plea for spiders
Way to go!
Chapter Ten. Gardening in Community
Become neighbors again
Learn from experts
A neighborhood garden in a planned community
Citywide urban gardening and the new Victory Gardens
An urban oasis
Seven Habits of Gardeners Who Care
One last thing . .
RESOURCES
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“Think of Dee Nash as your favorite horticultural big sister. Pretty soon, your thumb will be green and your salad bowl will be filled with tasty greens you’ve grown yourself.”
– Debra Prinzing, author of Slow Flowers and The 50-Mile Bouquet
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Garden soil. This is a no-go for pots because it is too heavy, slow draining and has weed seeds and bacteria. Container mixes are formulated to be light in texture, free of disease and weed seeds, and to provide good drainage.
So, you’ve picked your pots, plants and soil, and you’re ready to go. However, without water, your garden will quickly become a barren wasteland. All life needs water to survive. Plants should be placed where they are easy for you to water. Many apartments don’t have an outside water spigot on the balcony. If that’s the case, either hook up a hose to your kitchen faucet – with a faucet adapter – or carry water to your plants. Your choice comes down to convenience. If you plan to tote water to your plants, buy a good quality watering can. Plastic watering cans are lightweight and easy to carry, even when full of water. I particularly love Haws watering cans – a good Christmas present – because they are perfectly balanced, with a great watering rose (sprinkler).
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