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• About the Authors
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• What You’re Not to Read
• Foolish Assumptions
• How This Book Is Organized
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part I: Urban Gardening 101
• Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
• Knowing the Basics of Soil Prep
• Finding the Many Places to Garden the City
• Growing All Kinds of Plants in The City
• Exploring the Down and Dirty of Growing
• Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
• Enjoying Local Produce from Urban Food Gardens
• Creating Healthy Cities
• Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
• The Sunny City: Working with the Sun and Warmer Urban Temperatures
• The Windy City: Working with Seasonal Urban Wind Patterns
• Taking Macroclimate and Microclimate Conditions into Account in Your Garden
• Part II: Gardening Basics
• Chapter 4: Getting to Know Your Soil
• Determining Your Type of Soil
• Checking Your Soil’s Drainage
• Discovering Your Soil’s pH Level
• Finding Out What Lies Beneath the Soil
• Chapter 5: Feeding and Fertilizing Your Soil
• Organics 101: Plant Matter
• Adding a Little Something Extra to Build Soil Fertility: Animal Manure
• Making Compost and Growing Soil
• Giving Your Plants and Soil a Boost with Fertilizers
• Chapter 6: Getting Your Hands Dirty: Planting How-To
• Planting Annual Flowers and Veggies
• Planting Trees and Shrubs
• Planting Perennial Flowers, Bulbs, and Roses
• Part III: Places and Ways to Garden
• Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
• Analyzing Your Outdoor Space
• Fencing In Your Space
• Planning Your Outdoor Room
• Creating Your Garden Entrance
• Defining the Uses for Your Outdoor Room
• Creating a Focal Element
• Turning Recycled Materials into Chic and Useful Garden Art
• Considering Interactive Garden Art
• Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
• Surveying Container Options
• Selecting Soil for Your Container
• Planting a Container
• Jazzing Up Your Containers
• Taking Care of Your Container Plants
• Chapter 9: A Garden with a View: The Rooftop Garden
• Finding Out the Rooftop Gardening Basics
• Designing a Rooftop Garden or Green Roof
• Staying In Bounds with a Rooftop Container Garden
• Chapter 10: Going Vertical in Your Garden
• Discovering the Benefits of Growing Vertical
• Facing the Challenges of Growing Vertical
• Rethinking Your Space: Up, Down, and All Around
• Getting Plants to Grow Up
• Giving Containers a Lift
• Chapter 11: Apartment Gardens
• Balcony Gardens
• Indoor Gardening
• Chapter 12: Community Gardening and Urban Farming
• Community Gardening 101
• Starting a Community Gardening Program
• Urban Farming = Urban Renewal
• Marketing Locally
• Sharing a Garden
• Going from Pavement to Parks
• Part IV: Growing Plants in the City
• Chapter 13: City Setting, Country Food
• Making a Veggie Garden Plan
• Keeping Your Veggies Happy
• Raising the Top City Vegetables
• Extending the Season
• Chapter 14: The Annual Flowering of the City
• Understanding Annuals
• Siting Your Annual Flower Garden
• Growing Annuals in Containers
• Choosing Annual Flowers for All Seasons and Soils
• Caring for Your Annuals to Keep a Continuous Flower Show
• Using Succession Planting to Maintain Your Annual Flowers
• Chapter 15: Perennial Flowers, Roses, and Bulbs in the City
• Getting to Know Perennials, Roses, and Bulbs
• Finding a Permanent Planting Spot
• Choosing Perennials Fit for City Living
• Growing and Maintaining Perennial Flowers
• Enjoying La Vie en Rose
• Lighting Up Your Garden with Bulbs
• Chapter 16: Growing a Tree . . . in Brooklyn
• Selecting City-Friendly Trees
• Growing Some Shrubbery
• Keeping Your Trees and Shrubs Fit
• Growing City Fruits
• Keeping Berry Bushes in the City
• Chapter 17: Lawns and Ground Covers
• Selecting the Right Grass
• Caring for Your Lawn
• Ground Cover Alternatives
• Part V: Growing to Perfection
• Chapter 18: Weeding and Mulching Your Plants
• Winning the War on Weeds
• Mulching 101
• Chapter 19: Watering Your Garden
• Conserving Water
• Harvesting Water
• Delivering Water to Your Plants
• Chapter 20: Controlling Urban Garden Pests
• Knowing the Good Guys
• Being Proactive to Control the Bad Guys
• Dealing with Insect Pests in Your Garden
• Spotting and Treating Diseases
• Critters in the Bean Patch
• Part VI: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 21: Ten Tools for Urban Gardeners
• Hand Trowels and Cultivators
• Shovels
• Hoes
• Hand Pruners
• Garden Clothes
• Buckets and Baskets
• Watering Hoses and Wands
• Wheelbarrow
• Composter
• Garden Shed
• Chapter 22: Ten Kid-Friendly Ways to Garden in the City
• Garden at School
• Garden at a Community Garden
• Garden at a Local Botanic Garden
• Grow a Sunflower House
• Let Kids Decorate the Garden
• Create a Child’s Window Box Garden
• Create a Windowsill Herb Garden
• Grow a Terrarium Garden
• Grow a Potato Barrel
• Grow Plants from Store Produce
• Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Manage a Sustainable Urban Garden
• Know Your Soil Conditions
• Compost Is Key
• Conserve Water and Harvest Your Rain
• Use Organic Fertilizers
• Preserve Existing Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Know Your Microclimate Conditions
• Select “the Right” Plants for Your Area
• Consider Hydroponic and Aquaponic Gardening
• Minimize the Costs
• Involve Your Community
• Index