Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Year in a Garden
1 New Year's Calm: Planning the Season
2 Midwinter Restlessness: Finding Plants and Tools
3 Earliest Stirrings: Prunings
4 Opening Moves: Edging and Weeding
5 Before the Green Rush: Dividing and Mulching
6 Tending to the First Wave: Watering, Fertilizing, Planting, and Staking
7 Ushering in Summer: Controlling Pests, Watering, and More Planting
8 Establishing Summer's Routine: Deadheading, Pinching, and Managing Problems
9 Enjoying the Harvest: Playing in the Garden
10 Anticipating Fall: Transplanting and Preliminaries to Closing
11 Using Fall Wisely: Weeding to Last a Winter
12 Closing Up Before Winter: Putting the Garden to Bed
13 Winter's Onset: Reducing Maintenance and Reflecting on the Season
14 Maintenance Chart: Care of Particular Perennial Species
Appendix: References and Tools
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