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About this book
WARNING: This book may tickle your funny bone.
This practical guide to gardening will help you think organically and sustainably about self-sufficiency. You will learn to do many fun things you never thought possible.
+New techniques and tips
+How to grow fruits and veggies
+Solar energy systems and how to choose wisely
+Seeds and seedlings
+Vermiculture (worms)
+Composting tips and techniques
+Container gardening
+Succulents-beautiful, low water and low maintenance
Jon Cunningham practiced dentistry for many years with both his father and his son. All three being avid gardeners with over 100 years cumulative experience.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Sustainability
- Chapter 2. Seeds and Seedlings
- Chapter 3. Soil, Air, Water, and Sun
- Chapter 4. Power Planter: Hole Digging 101
- Chapter 5. Compost Happens
- Chapter 6. Raised Beds and Crop Rotation
- Chapter 7. Container Gardening
- Chapter 8. Irrigation
- Chapter 9. The Dirt on Potting Soil
- Chapter 10. Wonderful Worms
- Chapter 11. If a Tomato Could Talk
- Chapter 12. Corn
- Chapter 13. Beets
- Chapter 14. Beans
- Chapter 15. Raphanus Raphanistrum Sativus . . . Or . . . Radishes
- Chapter 16. Squash
- Chapter 17. Peaches and Stone Fruit
- Chapter 18. Guava
- Chapter 19. Cherimoya
- Chapter 20. Peppers
- Chapter 21. Figs
- Chapter 22. Dragon Fruit
- Chapter 23. Smitten by Succulents
- Chapter 24. Pollination
- Chapter 25. Solar, Our Sustainable Future
- Chapter 26. We Are What We Eat: The Indigenous Life and Diet
- Chapter 27. Grafting and Budding
- Chapter 28. A Wonderful Hike
- Acknowledgments
- Resources
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover