Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden that's devoted to supplying year-round salad greens. Created by celebrated gardeners, each unique design is accompanied by both plant lists and charming anecdotes. This fully illustrated collection glitters with off-beat personality and quirkiness. From a front-yard farm to a chile lover's plot, growers of every stripe will find inventive designs for growing food in any space. Niki Jabbour is the award-winning author of Growing Under Cover, Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, and Groundbreaking Food Gardens. Her work is found in Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Birds & Blooms, Horticulture, and other publications, and she speaks widely on food gardening at events and shows across North America. She is the host and creator of The Weekend Gardener radio show. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and can be found online at nikijabbour.com. Introduction About the Contributors Urban Farmscape - Patti Marie Travioli Culinary Herbs for Beginners - Susan Appleget Hurst Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed - Paul Zammit Beautiful Balcony Edibles - Andrea Bellamy Southern-Style Backyard Farm - Carolyn Binder Edibles on a Patio - Donna Balzer American Potager - Jennifer R. Bartley Eggs & Everything - Jessi Bloom Fig-Pig Patio - Steven Biggs Critter Control - Karen Chapman Eat Your Yard - Nan K. Chase Partially Shaded Vegetables - Marjorie Harris Sidebar: Windy City Harvest Small Space Beds - The Chicago Botanic Garden The Circle of Life - Emma Cooper Sunburst Veggie Garden - Shawna Coronado Sidebar: Living Walls Formal Herb Garden - Kate Copsey Chile Lover's Garden - Dave DeWitt Starter Kitchen Garden - Roger Doiron Sidebar: Lasagna Gardening Formal Kitchen Garden - Ellen Ecker Ogden Grocery Garden - Jenks Farmer Backyard Orchard - Colby Eierman Front-Yard Foraging - Sarah Elton Canner's Garden - Daniel Gasteiger Slow-Food Garden - Laura Henderson Power Foods - Dan Jason Heirloom Sampler - Marie Iannotti Wildlife-Friendly Garden - Tammi Hartung Hanging Gutters - Jayme Jenkins Modern Truck Garden - Leslie Land Vintage Victory Garden - Lamanda Joy Asian Vegetables - Wendy Kiang-Spray Garden Squares for Kids - Karen Liebreich and Jutta Wagner Urban Homestead - Theresa Loe Teaming with Microbes - Jeff Lowenfels Urban Shade Garden - Kathy Martin Edible Knot Garden - Karen Atkins Vertical Vegetables - Rhonda Massingham Hart Culinary Courtyard - Rachel Mathews Concrete & Steel Garden - Laura Mathews Front-Yard Suburban Farm - Chris McLaughlin Southern Spring Garden - Dee Nash Founding Fathers Garden - Teresa O'Connor Terraced Hillside - Barbara Pleasant Edible Hedge - Charlie Nardozzi Italian Heritage Garden - Doug Oster Community Plot - Michael Nolan Edible Cutting Garden - Debra Prinzing Biodynamic Farm - Mac Mead Garlic Sampler - Liz Primeau Rooftop Farm - Colin McCrate and Hilary Dahl Gourmet Containers - Renee Shepherd and Beth Benjamin Cocktail Garden - Amy Stewart and Susan Morrison Chicago Hot-Dog Garden - Amanda Thomsen Upcycled Edible Patio - Jean Ann Van Krevelen Pallet Garden - Joe Lamp'l "Good Bug" Garden - Jessica Walliser Elizabethan Garden - Stephen Westcott-Gratton Sidebar: An Easy Way to Expand Your Existing Garden Forager's Garden - Ellen Zachos Water-Wise Herbs & More - Nan Sterman Beat the Grocery Bill - Mark Cullen Fall & Winter Vegetables - Niki Jabbour 52 Weeks of Salad - Michelle Chapman Edible School Garden - Benjamin Eichorn Backyard Brewer's - Rebecc

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