CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. January: The Place and the Prospect . . 1 



II. February: The Planning and the Catalogues 13 



III. March: Getting into the Ground .... 27 



IV. April: Planting of All Sorts, and Some 



Results 49 



V. May: Spring Buds and Blooms .... 69 



VI. June: The Feast of Flowers 87 



VII. July: The Feast of Vegetables 105 



VIII. August: Sober Summer 123 



IX. September: Good Things to Eat Fine 



Things to See 143 



X. October: The Early Fall Glory .... 157 



XI. In Between: Choosing Your Own Weeds . 173 



XII. November: Putting the Garden to Sleep . 185 



XIII. December: Retrospect and Prospect . . .197 



Index 



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