Field Guide to Urban Gardening: How to Grow Plants, No Matter Where You Live: Raised Beds • Vertical Gardening

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In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, author Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening shares the basics of growing plants, offers tips on how to choose the right urban gardening method, and troubleshoots the most common problems you’ll encounter. If you think it’s impossible to grow your own food because you don’t have a large yard or you live in the city…think again. There is a plethora of urban gardening options to create beautiful, productive edible gardens no matter where you live. The key to succeeding as an urban gardener is to choose the method(s) that make sense for your unique living situation and then give your plants what they need to thrive. Kevin helps you do just that. But he doesn’t stop there. He also provides in-depth garden plans, from upcycled DIY projects and intensive hydroponic systems to beautiful and functional raised beds. Urban gardening is a real, growing, and important movement in today’s world. This fact-packed book is your roadmap to get growing today. Introduction Why Urban Gardening? My Story About This Book Urban Garden Gallery 1. Getting Started What Kind of Home Do You Live In? Urban Gardening Regulations Protecting Your Garden Green Thumb Basics 2. Container Gardening Volume Container Materials Drainage Filling Your Containers with Soil Where to Place Your Containers Which Plants Do Well in Containers? Keeping Your Containers Well Watered Fertilizing Your Container Plants Caring for Your Container Garden Sub-Irrigated Two-Liter Bottle Gardens Self-Watering 5-Gallon Bucket Upcycled Container Garden 3. Raised Bed Gardening The Many Advantages of Raised Beds Raised Bed Materials Constructing the Bed Planting Your Beds Protecting Your Precious Plants How to Harvest Week After Week Maintaining Your Beds Year After Year Dead-Simple Raised Bed Masonry Raised Bed Classic Raised Bed 4. Vertical Gardening Where to Build Your Vertical Garden How Plants Climb The Many Ways to Grow Vertically Heavy-Duty Modular Trellis Repurposed Hanging Shoe Rack Rain Gutter Garden 5. Indoor Edibles Audit Your Growing Space Kitchen Herbs: Bring Some Spice to Your Home Mason Jar Herb Garden Microgreens: Nature’s Little Secret Growing Microgreens from Start to Finish How to Solve Common Microgreen Problems Which Microgreens Should I Grow? 6. Balconies and Rooftops Balcony Gardening Rooftop Gardening 7. Hydroponics History of Hydroponics Why Grow in a Hydroponic System? Fundamental Hydroponic Principles Hydroponic Nutrients Hydroponic Growing Media Growing Under Artificial Lighting Building Successful Hydroponic Systems Deep Water Culture Herb Tote Compact Ebb and Flow Table Sit-on-Top NFT Channel System Aeroponic Bucket System 8. Growing Problems Pests Diseases Appendix Resources Metric Conversions Acknowledgments About the Author Index