Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Recipe for Success: Tomatoes 5
1 Gardening for Your Health 9
Recipe for Success: Lettuce 18
2 Gone to Pot 21
Recipe for Success: Cabbage 26
3 Why Containers? 29
Recipe for Success: Peas 33
4 Dressed for Success 35
Recipe for Success: Snap Beans 45
5 Matching Your Plants to Their Containers 47
Recipe for Success: Cucumber 52
6 Lighting the Way 55
Recipe for Success: Celery 66
7 Where To Grow 69
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Apple 76
8 Wet n' Wild! 79
Recipe for Success: Beets 88
9 The Right Stuff 91
Recipe for Success: Eggplant 95
10 From Alkaline to Acidic: The Magic of pH 99
Recipe for Success: Peppers 107
11 Food for Thought 111
Recipe for Success: Onions, Leeks, Shallots & Garlic 120
12 Cultivars, Hybrids and Varietals 123
Recipe for Success: Spinach 127
13 More than Just a Pretty Face: Companion Planting 131
Recipe for Success: Broccoli 140
14 Bugged! What To Do When the Extraterrestrials Attack 143
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Blueberry 154
15 Fungus Among Us: Wilt Thou No More 157
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Peach 163
16 Harvest Time and the Pickin' Is Easy 167
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Nectarine 174
17 Who Cares? Caring for Your Plants When You're Away 177
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Apricot 181
18 Special Steps for Fruiting Trees and Shrubs 185
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Banana 190
19 Pruning: The Kindest Cuts of All 193
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Pomegranate 203
20 Tools of the Trade 205
Recipe for Success: Strawberries 210
21 The Sky Is Falling: Battling Urban Pollution 213
Recipe for Success: Dwarf Fig 217
Resources 219
Notes 221
Index 223
About the Author 233
