From the Publisher: Home-grown vegetables are fresh, healthy, and inexpensive. Here is the manual for growing your own, whether on your balcony, in your apartment, or in a garden, large or small. Even if you have only a few hours a week, Grow Vegetables teaches you the tools and methods you need to produce your own vegetables.

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Perfect Plot - Space versus time -- Location -- Laying it out -- Full circle: crop rotation -- Following tradition -- Organized chaos -- Designer kitchen gardens -- Tight for space -- Microgardening -- Vegetable Grower's Know-How -- Tools & equipment -- Pots & containers -- Your soil -- Compost, manure, & other fertilizers -- Sowing seeds & raising seedlings -- Planting out -- Going undercover -- Training climbers -- War on weeds -- Eco-gardening -- Harvesting & storing -- Free food -- Cabbages & Leaf Vegetables -- Cabbages -- Chinese cabbage -- Bok choy -- Brussels sprouts -- Spinach -- Kale -- Swiss chard & spinach beet -- Cauliflower -- Broccoli -- Root & Stem Vegetables -- Potatoes -- Sweet potatoes -- Beets -- Carrots -- Parsnips -- Turnips -- Rutabagas -- Celery -- Celeriac -- Kohlrabi -- Florence fennel -- Onions -- Shallots -- Green onions -- Garlic -- Leeks -- Peas & Beans -- Peas -- French beans -- Runner beans -- Broad beans -- Unusual beans -- Salads -- Lettuce -- Arugula -- Corn salad -- Purslane -- Asian salad leaves -- Land cress -- Chicory -- Endive -- Radishes -- Sprouting seeds -- Fruiting Vegetables -- Eggplants -- Peppers & chilis -- Corn -- Tomatoes -- Tomatillos -- Okra -- Cucumbers & Squashes -- Cucumbers -- Gherkins -- Vegetable marrows -- Zucchini & summer squash -- Pumpkins & winter squash -- Perennial Vegetables -- Asparagus -- Globe artichokes -- Cardoons -- Jerusalem artichokes -- Chinese artichokes -- Sea kale -- Rhubarb -- Herbs -- Basil -- Bay -- Chervil -- Chives -- Cilantro -- Dill -- Fennel -- Horseradish -- Lemon balm -- Lemongrass -- Lovage -- Marjoram & oregano -- Mint -- Parsley -- Rosemary -- Sage -- Savory -- Sorrel -- Tarragon -- Thyme -- Vegetables Year Planner -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Vegetable Doctor -- Unhealthy diets -- Diseases & disorders -- Pest & parasites -- Natural allies -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Seed & plant suppliers.