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Chapter 1 Garden Paths and the Path Through This Book |
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3 | (14) |
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5 | (10) |
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The Path Through This Book |
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15 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Gardening in Tune with Nature |
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17 | (8) |
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What Does Garden Biodiversity Look Like? |
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18 | (1) |
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Synthetic Fertilizers Reduce Soil Biodiversity |
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19 | (1) |
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Consult the Genius of Your Place |
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20 | (1) |
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Dropping "Pest" from the Gardener's Vocabulary |
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21 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Nurturing Healthy Garden Soil |
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25 | (20) |
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A Nutrient Management Primer |
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27 | (3) |
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Nutrient Management Produces High Garden Yields |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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When and How to Test Garden Soil |
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31 | (1) |
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Would You Like Red Ants or Horsetail with that Loam Order? |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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Compost: The Search for Black Gold |
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34 | (3) |
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Nutrient Management Produces High Garden Yields |
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35 | (2) |
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Winter Cover Crops and Green Manures |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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Biochar: Part of the Future of Gardening |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (4) |
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Tips for Improving Your Garden's Soil |
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42 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Planning the Vegetable Garden, by Marjorie Peronto |
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45 | (16) |
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46 | (4) |
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High-Value Vegetable Crops |
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47 | (3) |
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Choosing Vegetable Varieties |
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50 | (11) |
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Intensive Cropping in Small Raised Beds |
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51 | (6) |
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A Suggested Crop-Rotation Schedule |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 The Garden in March |
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61 | (28) |
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Monitoring Growing Degree Days in the Garden |
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62 | (1) |
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Growing Your Own Transplants |
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63 | (6) |
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Sowing Schedule for Transplants of Flowering Annuals |
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67 | (1) |
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Sowing Schedule for Transplants of Herbacious Perennials |
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68 | (1) |
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A Moveable Feast: Container Gardening |
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69 | (1) |
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Stalking the Cultivated Asparagus |
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70 | (1) |
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Recommended Varieties of June-Bearing Strawberries |
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71 | (1) |
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March Pruning of Raspberries and Blueberries, by Marjorie Peronto |
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72 | (4) |
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Pruning the Old Apple Tree |
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74 | (2) |
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Forcing Branches of Flowering Trees and Shrubs |
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76 | (3) |
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Homemade Floral Preservatives |
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78 | (1) |
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Get Those Native Bee Nest Boxes Ready |
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79 | (1) |
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The First Green of Spring: Lichens in the Garden |
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80 | (3) |
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The New England Garden In March, Zone By Zone |
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83 | (6) |
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Chapter 6 The Garden in April |
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89 | (24) |
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April in the Vegetable Garden |
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92 | (2) |
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Is the Garden's Soil Workable? |
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94 | (1) |
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Tips for Sowing Small Seeds |
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94 | (1) |
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April in the Strawberry Patch |
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94 | (1) |
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An Old Gardener Discovers Rhubarb |
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94 | (2) |
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Heeling in Early Arrivals |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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Composting Indoors with Worms by Marjorie Peronto |
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98 | (3) |
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Formative Pruning of Young Trees |
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101 | (2) |
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Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs |
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103 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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The Blooming of Shadblow Serviceberry |
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105 | (1) |
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Rock Gardening New England Style |
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106 | (1) |
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Remembering the Trees of Our Youth |
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107 | (1) |
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The New England Garden In April, Zone By Zone |
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107 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 The Garden in May |
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113 | (30) |
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May in the Vegetable Garden |
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114 | (7) |
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Minimum Soil Temperatures for Planting Summer Crops |
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114 | (3) |
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Self-Sowing Annuals and Biennials to Scatter through the Vegetable Garden |
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117 | (4) |
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Three Types of Garden Peas |
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121 | (5) |
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Leek Varieties for All Seasons |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (2) |
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May-Flowering Trees and Shrubs |
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128 | (5) |
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133 | (3) |
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Two Non-Native Shrubs Worth Growing |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (2) |
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The New England Garden In May, Zone By Zone |
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138 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 The Garden in June |
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143 | (34) |
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June in the Vegetable Garden |
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144 | (9) |
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Tomato Flowers but No Fruits |
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146 | (2) |
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Protecting Young Plants from Wind |
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148 | (3) |
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Sex in the Vegetable Garden |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Irrigate without Wetting Leaves |
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153 | (1) |
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June-Flowering Native Shrubs |
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153 | (4) |
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Bringing Mountain Maple from Woods to Garden |
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157 | (1) |
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Managing Garden Herbivores |
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158 | (11) |
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163 | (3) |
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Coming to Terms with Neem Oil |
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166 | (1) |
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Aphids, Ants, and Sooty Mold |
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167 | (1) |
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When and How to Use Floating Row Covers |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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Welcome Garter Snakes into the Garden Food Web |
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171 | (1) |
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The New England Garden In June, Zone By Zone |
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172 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 The Garden in July |
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177 | (24) |
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July in the Vegetable Garden |
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178 | (4) |
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Mariellen Eaton's Garlic Scape Pesto |
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179 | (3) |
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Converting Lawn to Garden |
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182 | (1) |
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The Vegetable Garden's Second Season: Planning and Planting for Fall |
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183 | (2) |
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What Can We Do with All This Basil? |
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184 | (1) |
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Raspberries, the Queen of Summer Fruits |
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185 | (1) |
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Native Shrubs: The Scent of Crushed Leaves |
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185 | (3) |
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An Imaginative Use ofBayberry in a Cape Cod Garden |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (5) |
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Summer Perennials for Pollinators |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (2) |
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Swamp Milkweed and the Great Black Wasp |
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192 | (1) |
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Enjoy Nasturtiums---In the Garden and on the Table |
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193 | (1) |
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Guttation Adorns Even Common Weeds with Early-Morning Jewels |
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194 | (2) |
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The New England Garden In July, Zone By Zone |
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196 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 The Garden in August |
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201 | (20) |
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A Lesson from a Chipmunk Named Theodore |
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202 | (1) |
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August in the Vegetable Garden |
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203 | (5) |
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205 | (3) |
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Exuberant Herbaceous Perennials |
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208 | (3) |
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August-Flowering Native Shrubs |
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211 | (3) |
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Ripe Elderberries in August |
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214 | (1) |
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The Joy of Gardening in Tune with Nature |
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215 | (6) |
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The New England Garden In August, Zone By Zone |
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216 | (5) |
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Chapter 11 The Garden in September |
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221 | (18) |
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September in a Different Sort of Garden |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (2) |
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The Vegetable Garden in September |
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225 | (4) |
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Trees and Shrubs in the September Garden |
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229 | (2) |
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September Is for Planting Trees and Shrubs |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (6) |
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The New England Garden In September, Zone By Zone |
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235 | (4) |
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Chapter 12 The Garden in October |
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239 | (18) |
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October in the Vegetable Garden |
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239 | (3) |
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Give Hardworking Garden Tools a Good Cleaning Before Putting Them Away |
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240 | (3) |
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Bringing the Season's Harvest Together in a Soup Pot |
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Herbaceous Perennials for the October Garden |
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242 | (4) |
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Native and Non-Native Trees in the Autumn Garden |
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246 | (4) |
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Tipping the Balance toward Native Trees and Shrubs |
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246 | (3) |
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Screening for Invasive Potential |
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249 | (1) |
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New England Native Shrubs: Autumn Color Closer to the Ground |
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250 | (4) |
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254 | (3) |
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Chapter 13 Gardens in Tune with Nature |
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257 | (34) |
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Nate and Berta Atwater's Garden in Little Compton, RI---Zone 7a |
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257 | (6) |
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260 | (3) |
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Berta's Roasted Butternut Squash in Balsamic Glace with Parmesan |
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263 | (1) |
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Ron and Jennifer Kujawski's Garden in West Stockbridge, MA---Zone 5a |
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263 | (6) |
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Colored Plastic in the Vegetable Garden |
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264 | (2) |
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For the Savory Smell of Success, Grow Garlic, by Ron Kujawski and Jennifer Kujawski |
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266 | (3) |
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Patricia Crow's Garden on Cape Cod---Zone 7a |
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269 | (4) |
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270 | (3) |
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Tom and Jan McIntyre's Garden on Mt. Desert Island, ME---Zone 5b, by Jan McIntyre |
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273 | (6) |
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Pond Diversity at Spruce Hollow, by Tom McIntyre |
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278 | (1) |
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Theresa Guethler's Garden in Bucksport, ME---Zone 5b |
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279 | (2) |
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Dr. Charles Richards' Seacoast Garden---Zone 5b |
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281 | (5) |
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Astilbes in the Summer Garden |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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The Vegetable Gardens of Dorcas Corrow and Eva Eicher---Zone 5b |
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286 | (5) |
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A Year-Round Labor of Love |
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288 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 The Garden in Winter |
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291 | (7) |
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292 | (2) |
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`Donald Wyman' in the Winter Garden |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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Protecting Trees and Shrubs from the Ravages of Winter |
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295 | (1) |
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Hunkering Down, Waiting for April |
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296 | (2) |
Appendix: Non-Native Invasive Woody Plants and Suggested Native Alternatives for New England Gardens |
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298 | (2) |
Index |
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300 | (8) |
Index of Scientific Names |
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308 | (3) |
Acknowledgments |
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311 | (1) |
About the Authors |
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