Urban Gardening For Dummies

The easy way to succeed at urban gardening A townhouse yard, a balcony, a fire escape, a south-facing window even a basement apartment can all be suitable locations to grow enough food to save a considerable amount of money and enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce possible. Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most of limited space through the use of proven small-space gardening techniques that allow gardeners to maximize yield while minimizing space. Covers square-foot gardening and vertical and layered gardening Includes guidance on working with container gardening, succession gardening, and companion gardening Offers guidance on pest management, irrigation and rain barrels, and small-space composting If you're interested in starting an urban garden that makes maximum use of minimal space, Urban Gardening For Dummies has you covered.

The easy way to succeed at urban gardeningA townhouse yard, a balcony, a fire escape, a south-facingwindow--even a basement apartment can all be suitablelocations to grow enough food to save a considerable amount ofmoney and enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce possible.Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most oflimited space through the use of proven small-space gardeningtechniques that allow gardeners to maximize yield while minimizingspace.* Covers square-foot gardening and vertical and layeredgardening* Includes guidance on working with container gardeningsuccession gardening, and companion gardening* Offers guidance on pest management, irrigation and rainbarrels, and small-space compostingIf you're interested in starting an urban garden that makesmaximum use of minimal space, Urban Gardening For Dummieshas you covered.

Introduction 1Part I: Urban Gardening 101 7Chapter 1: Gardening in the City 9Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefi ts of Urban Gardening 17Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate 27Part II: Gardening Basics 37Chapter 4: Getting to Know Your Soil 39Chapter 5: Feeding and Fertilizing Your Soil 51Chapter 6: Getting Your Hands Dirty: Planting How-To 67Part III: Places and Ways to Garden 89Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room 91Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening 107Chapter 9: A Garden with a View: The Rooftop Garden 123Chapter 10: Going Vertical in Your Garden 141Chapter 11: Apartment Gardens 155Chapter 12: Community Gardening and Urban Farming 165Part IV: Growing Plants in the City 179Chapter 13: City Setting, Country Food 181Chapter 14: The Annual Flowering of the City 199Chapter 15: Perennial Flowers, Roses, and Bulbs in the City215Chapter 16: Growing a Tree in Brooklyn 231Chapter 17: Lawns and Ground Covers 249Part V: Growing to Perfection 263Chapter 18: Weeding and Mulching Your Plants 265Chapter 19: Watering Your Garden 275Chapter 20: Controlling Urban Garden Pests 289Part VI: The Part of Tens 311Chapter 21: Ten Tools for Urban Gardeners 313Chapter 22: Ten Kid-Friendly Ways to Garden in the City 319Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Manage a Sustainable Urban Garden325Index 331