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fine Gardening Pocket Gardens Design iDeas for small-space garDening fine Gardening pocket gardens fine Gardening pocket gardens from the editors & contributors of Fine GardeninG t Text © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. Illustrations © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Pp The Taunton Press, Inc. 63 South Main Street, PO Box 5506 Newtown, CT 06470-5506 e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Jennifer Renjilian-Morris Indexer: Jim Curtis Cover design: Kim Adis Interior design: Kim Adis, Stacy Wakefield Layout: Stacy Wakefield Cover photographer: Brian Vanden Brink Fine Gardening® is a trademark of The Taunton Press, Inc., registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The following names/manufacturers appearing in Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens are trademarks: Big Wheels®, Callie® Orange calibrachoa, Havahart®, Lavender Twist™, Little Henry®, Little Trudy™, Madness™ Red petunia, Oso Easy®, Tiny Tower®, Tropicanna® canna Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fine gardening pocket gardens : design ideas for small-space gardening / author: editors & contributors of Fine gardening. p. cm. Design ideas for small-space gardening Includes index. E-Book ISBN 978-1-62710-484-5 1. Gardens--Design. 2. Small gardens. I. Fine gardening. II. Title: Design ideas for small-space gardening. SB473. F57 2013 635--dc23 2013037617 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 acknowledgments Thanks to the many contributors—authors, photographers, illustrators, and editors—to Fine Gardening magazine. Thanks to the book’s editors: Jennifer Renjilian Morris, for all of her hard work putting this book together, and Renee I. Neiger, for overseeing the project. vi basics c o n t e n t s Basics ediBle decorative plants for gardens gardens small spaces Fertilizing basics ..........6 Mixing edibles with designing small- edibles ...................184 choosing the right ornamentals .............46 space gardens ........104 soilless Mix ...............12 ornamentals ..........186 Front-Yard there’s big potential gardener Fred Vegetables ................54 in small spaces .......110 grasses .................188 pappalardo’s space- saving composting Finding space a townhouse trees & shrubs ........189 system .....................18 for Veggies ...............60 garden room ..........116 Water Wisely with bigger Yields from Make a small space drip irrigation ...........20 small gardens ..........66 Feel bigger .............120 Usda Hardiness Zone map .............192 direct sowing building raised Landscape architect sources ...................193 Made easy ...............26 beds .........................72 billy goodnick’s advice contributors ............194 for designing on the Maximize Your Fine gardening senior diagonal ................128 credits ....................196 Harvest ....................32 editor Michelle gervais’s index ......................198 bamboo trellis plan ....78 pint-size crop rotation for garden spaces ........130 any garden ..............38 perfect peppers for pots .....................80 Mystery Makes a small Landscape designer space Feel bigger ....134 Janet Macunovich’s small peas for pruning secrets to keep small spaces .............84 gardening a tree small ..............43 on the rocks ............140 grow Your own corn ................90 planting on a slope ..148 squash in Make the Most of tight Quarters ..........96 every square Foot ....156 Landscape designer susan Morrison’s tips for breaking Up the backyard box .....160 designing with dwarf conifers ........162 a Water garden to Fit any space. ......168 great container gardens .................176 i n t r o d u c t i o n If you have ever seen a plant sprouting from a crack in the pavement, you can understand that plants will grow almost anywhere. So you can just forget the idea that you can’t have a garden because you don’t have enough room. As this book will show you, all you need is a little extra attention to choosing your plants, evaluating your conditions, and designing your space. But in the end, whether you want to grow edibles, ornamentals, or both, plants are plants, so after a little attention to the basics, you will find informative and inspirational chapters that will turn your small space into something special. Steve Aitken, Editor, Fine Gardening 3
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