Backyard Bounty - Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Year-round Gardening in the Pacific Northwest (Transmontanus)

Grow more food, with less work, in any yard – now completely revised and expanded! Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? Now completely updated and expanded, __Backyard Bounty__ will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy. Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you'll need to grow a successful garden, including: * Planning your garden and preparing the soil * Organic fertilizers and simplified composting * Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules * Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate * Greenhouses, tunnels and containers * Organic pest management. Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, covers problems related to common pests and climate concerns, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting and harvesting, and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini. Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, __Backyard Bounty__ shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year. “ Very likely the best book ever written on growing food in the Pacific Northwest, and it sets a whole new standard for garden writing .”— Mark MacDonald, West Coast Seeds Grow more food, with less work, in any yard—now completely revised and expanded! Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? Now completely updated and expanded, Backyard Bounty will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy. Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you’ll need to grow a successful garden, including: Planning your garden and preparing the soil Organic fertilizers and simplified composting Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate Greenhouses, tunnels and containers Organic pest management. Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, covers problems related to common pests and climate concerns, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting and harvesting, and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini. Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, Backyard Bounty shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year. “ Backyard Bounty is remarkably thorough, from roots to pests to pruning to crowns, and it inspires even the experienced grower. Just like homemade soil for a bedding plant, this book is loaded with the richness we need in order to feed ourselves.”—Lyle Estill, author of Backyard Biodiesel " Very likely the best book ever written on growing food in the Pacific Northwest, and it sets a whole new standard for garden writing ."#8212; Mark MacDonald, West Coast Seeds Grow more food, with less work, in any yard#8212;now completely revised and expanded! Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? Now completely updated and expanded, Backyard Bounty will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy. Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you'll need to grow a successful garden, including: Planning your garden and preparing the soil Organic fertilizers and simplified composting Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate Greenhouses, tunnels and containers Organic pest management. Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, covers problems related to common pests and climate concerns, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting and harvesting, and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini. Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, Backyard Bounty shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year. " Backyard Bounty is remarkably thorough, from roots to pests to pruning to crowns, and it inspires even the experienced grower. Just like homemade soil for a bedding plant, this book is loaded with the richness we need in order to feed ourselves."#8212;Lyle Estill, author of Backyard Biodiesel Front Cover 1 Praise 2 Title Page 4 Rights Page 5 Contents 6 Tables 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 12 Chapter 1: Our Gardening Climate and How Plants Grow 14 Chapter 2: Planning a Productive Garden 30 Chapter 3: Preparing the Soil 64 Chapter 4: Basic Methods for Growing Vegetables 100 Chapter 5: Starting Seedlings and Saving Seeds 136 Chapter 6: Basic Methods for Growing Fruit 156 Chapter 7: Food Crops in Greenhouses and Containers 184 Chapter 8: Year-Round Gardening Calendar 198 Chapter 9: Managing Pests and Problems 222 Chapter 10: A to Z Vegetables 294 Chapter 11: A to Z Fruit 340 Resources 362 Index 372 About the Author 384 About New Society Publishers 386 A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading 385 Annotation "Backyard Bounty is the completely revised and expanded 2nd edition of the best-seller (over 11,000 copies sold). A complete guide to year-round gardening on the West Coast, this encyclopedic reference includes greatly expanded information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate. The perfect guide for those who would like to enjoy fresh, home-grown produce all year." Backyard Bounty is the completely revised and expanded 2nd edition of the best-seller. A complete guide to year-round gardening on the West Coast, this encyclopedic reference includes greatly expanded information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate. The perfect guide to enjoying fresh, home-grown produce all year