Growing what arrives
Vegetables, fruit, small spaces and rented gardens: planning plantings that suit the place you have.
- Fruit trees and berries by mail: rootstocks, pollination, chill hours and planting
How to choose and order fruit trees, berries and grapes from mail-order nurseries: rootstocks and mature size, pollination partners, chill hours, disease resistance, bare-root versus potted, quarantines, planting and first-year care.
- Planning a vegetable garden from seed catalogs: what to grow, how much and when
A step-by-step method for planning a home vegetable garden with seed catalogs: sun and soil, cool- and warm-season crops, choosing varieties, how much to grow, sowing calendars from frost dates, succession sowing, and ordering seed and transplants by mail.
- Renting a house with a garden: what to check before you sign (soil, watering, upkeep written into the lease)
A checklist for tenants renting a house with a yard or garden: sun and soil, testing for lead before growing food, water supply and who pays, upkeep responsibilities and permissions to write into the lease, documenting the garden at move-in, and gardening in ways you can take with you.
- Small-space gardening by mail: compact varieties, containers and vertical growing
How to garden on a balcony, patio, rooftop or small yard with seeds and plants ordered by mail: compact and container varieties, container sizes and mixes, watering, vertical growing, dwarf fruit, herbs and bulbs in pots, and practical limits for renters.
