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Karan Davis Cutler is the author/editor of three garden books–Vines (Camden House), Salad Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden), and Tantalizing Tomatoes (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)–and the author of many garden articles. She worked as the managing editor of Harrowsmith Country Life for six years and was a newspaper garden columnist for the Rutland Herald and Barre Times Argus from 1987 through 1991. She has received eight Quill & Trowell awards for outstanding writing from the Garden Writers Association of America. While tending gardens in northern Ohio and then in Vermont, she has grown nearly every vegetable in this book.

PART I: VEGETABLE & HERB GARDENING FROM THE GROUND UP.

Chapter 1: Growing Your Own.

Chapter 2: Getting Started.

Chapter 3: Garden Tools & Equipment.

Chapter 4: Improving the Soil.

Chapter 5: Laying Out the Garden.

Chapter 5: Laying Out the Garden.

Chapter 6: Planting the Garden.

Chapter 7: Caring for the Garden.

Chapter 8: Coping with Garden Problems.

PART II: PLANT PORTRAITS.

PART III: APPENDIX.

Reading About Gardening.

Soil-Testing Sources.

For More Information.

Frost Dates and Growing Season Lengths.

USDA Hardiness Zone Map.

Index.