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Steve Solomon. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
Table of Contents
Introduction
Starting a New Gardening Era
Gardening with Less Irrigation
Chapter 1. Predictably Rainless Summers
Chapter 2. Water-Wise Gardening Science
Plants Are Water
Soil's Water-Holding Capacity
How Soil Loses Water
How Plants Obtain Water
Lowered Plant Density: The Key to Water-Wise Gardening
Dealing with a Surprise Water Shortage
Chapter 3. Helping Plants to Need Less Irrigation
Building Bigger Root Systems
Evaluating Potential Rooting Ability
Eliminating Plowpan
Curing Clayey Soils
Spotting a Likely Site
Using Humus to Increase Soil Moisture
Keeping the Subsoil Open with Green Manuring
Mulching
Windbreaks
Fertilizing, Fertigating and Foliar Spraying
Increasing Soil Fertility Saves Water
Vegetables That:
Chapter 4. Water-Wise Gardening Year-Round
Early Spring: The Easiest Unwatered Garden
Later in Spring: Sprouting Seeds Without Watering
Handmade Footprints
Summer: How to Fluid Drill Seeds
Establishing the Fall and Winter Garden
Chapter 5. How to Grow It with Less Irrigation: A-Z
First, a Word About Varieties
Seed Company Directory*
Plant Spacing: The Key to Water-Wise Gardening
When to Plant
Arugula (Rocket)
Beans of All Sorts
Beets
Broccoli: Italian Style
Broccoli: Purple Sprouting and Other Overwintering Types
Root System Vigor in the Cabbage Family
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Chard
Corn
Successfully Starting Cucurbits From Seed
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Endive
Herbs
Kale
Kohlrabi (Giant)
Leeks
Lettuce
Water-Wise Cucurbits
Melons
Onions/Scallions
Parsley
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Rutabagas
Sorrel
Spinach
Squash, Winter and Summer
Tomato
Chapter 6. My Own Garden Plan
The Raised Bed
Row 1
Row 2: Semi-Drought Tolerant Brassicas
Row 3: Kale
Row 4: Root Crops
Row 5: Dry-Gardened Salads
Row 6: Peas, Overwintered Cauliflower, and All Solanaceae
Row 7: Water-Demanding Brassicas
Row 8: The Trellis
Row 9: Cucurbits
Row 10: Unirrigated Potatoes
Chapter 7. The Backyard
Water-Wise Gardener
Water Conservation Is the Most Important First Step
Optimizing Space: Planning the Water-Wise Backyard Garden
Water-Wise Efficiency of Vegetable Crops
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