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Contents
Each section contains various subsections under it that are not listed here.
Section One
1. Why Start Your Own? (p. 2)
2. First the Seeds (p. 5)
3. Choose Your Medium (p. 11)
4. Containers (p. 22)
5. Sowing Seeds Early Indoors (p. 28)
6. Germination (p. 38)
7. What Seedlings Need (p. 48)
8. Transplanting (p. 52)
9. Growing On (p. 60)
10. Light (p. 65)
11. Problems (p. 75)
Section Two
12. Soil Preparation (p. 84)
13. Mapping Out the Garden (p. 95)
14. Hardening Off (p. 105)
15. The Art of Planting Out (p. 109)
16. Cold Frames and Hotbeds (p. 121)
17. Early Care of the Young Transplant (p. 127)
18. Direct Seeding (p. 136)
19. Kelp (p. 146)
20. Raising Seedlings for the Fall Garden (p.
154)
21. The Competition: Insects and Animals (p. 156)
22. The Young Seed-Planter (p. 170)
Section Three
23. Growing Vegetables from Seed (p. 174)
Section Four
24. Why Save Seeds? (p. 236)
25. Annuals, Perennials, Biennials (p. 239)
26. How Seeds Are Formed (p. 242)
27. Backyard Plant Breeding (p. 249)
28. Hybrids (p. 251)
29. Selection (p. 252)
30. Care of the Seed-Bearing Plant (p. 255)
31. Collecting Seeds (p. 256)
32. Preparing the Seed (p. 258)
33. Storing Seeds (p. 261)
34. Viability (p. 266)
35. Seed-Saving Tips for Specific Plants (p. 270)
Section Five
36. The Garden Diary (p. 322)
37. Seed Exchanges (p. 324)
38. Seed Banks (p. 328)
39. Selling Your Seedlings (p. 333)
40. Seed Catalogs (p. 335)
Glossary (p. 339)
Bibliography (p. 345)
List of Seed Suppliers (p. 351)
Sources for Some Items Mentioned in the Book (p.
355)
Index (p. 356)