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Many gardeners fashion cold frames from whatever materials they can find. Others rely on old standby covers, such as hot caps. Regardless of the type, row covers help protect plants from frost, wind, pests, rain and snow.

This e-handbook advises you on the different types of row covers, how to make them and how to use them. Chapters include:

• Extending Your Garden Season
• The Ins and Outs of Floating Row Covers
• Plastic Tunnels and Mulches
• Planning Your Garden Protection
• Installing Mulches, Tunnels and Row Covers
• Timing, Pollination and Optimum Temperatures
• Storing Protective Covers
• Frost Dates

Proper protection will result in hardy, healthy plants. 36 pages.

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Worms are important for anyone who does composting or wishes to have better soil for farm or garden. There are over 3,000 species of earthworms in the world, but only a very few that are important in the tillable soils of this country. Some common ones are discussed in this e-handbook. You'll learn facts about earthworms, the effects they have on soil nutrients and crop yields and how to build an earthworm population. 34 pages.

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Anyone who loves the taste of garlic will find that their own freshly harvested garlic is incomparably better than the finest they can buy.

This e-handbook will show you when and where to plant your garlic, how to use garlic as medicine, as well as instructions on watering, harvesting, braiding and preserving. You'll also find recipes using garlic, including how to make your own garlic salt and garlic vinegar. Other recipes include:

• Lemon, Egg and Garlic Soup
• Garlic Potatoes
• Roasted Garlic Caesar Salad Dressing
• Garlic Bread
• White Pizza
• Pasta Sorrento

By growing your own, you can have readily available both the sensational taste and health benefits of garlic. 36 pages.

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The onion is one of the oldest vegetables known. There are hundreds of cultivated varieties, which vary in appearance, pungency and keeping qualities.

This e-handbook not only shows you how to grow your own onions, but has information on garlic, leeks, chives and shallots. Chapters include:

• How to Choose the Right Variety
• How to Grow Good Onions
• Starting Onions from Seeds
• Transplanting Onions
• Care During Growth
• How to Harvest Onions

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Having the perfect garden takes careful planning. This e-handbook will help you have the garden of your dreams. In these pages, you will learn about soil types, fertilizers, mulches, beneficial insects and selecting seeds. Charts help illustrate the planning of the garden, planting dates related to frost and more. 37 pages.

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Brambles, raspberries and blackberries are among the most popular of all bush fruits, ranking second for most families only to the strawberry. They are easy to grow and produce the most fruit with the least amount of effort.

This e-handbook shows you the best location for your berry patch, how to plant, pest control, pruning, harvesting and freezing. With these instructions, you can enjoy juicy berries fresh from your own patch for cobblers, jellies and more! 36 pages.

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Any way you look at it, garden greens are a bargain. As a quick spring crop, they can't be beaten. The amount of food they yield in a small garden space is equally unmatched. Nor can other crops match them in terms of nutrition and low calories.

This e-handbook shows you how to use succession planting and intercropping, which allows you to grow an extensive variety of greens in a small space. Also included is what greens to grow and how to stretch the growing season. 33 pages.

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If there is one fruit everyone should grow, strawberries. It's the quickest to bear fruit and grow with ease. Homegrown strawberries deliver a delicious aroma and melt-in-your-mouth sweetness unlike any store-bought berries you ever tasted.

This e-handbook gives you instruction on how to grow your own juicy red strawberries. Chapters include:

• Selecting Your Best-Bet Berries
• Preparing to Plant
• How to Plant
• Cultivating
• Fertilizing
• Irrigating
• Protection Against Winterkill
• Harvesting
• Renewing the Strawberry Bed
• Other Ways of Growing
• Diseases and Pests

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The tea garden is a sensory delight, producing colors, scents and flavors to enjoy throughout the season -- and the plants are easy to grow.

This e-handbook discusses what tea is and its different variations. You'll learn how to plant, maintain and harvest a tea garden, including what herbs to use. Brewing and herbal tea blends are also covered. Relax with a cup of herbal tea from your own garden or give tea blend packages as gifts. 36 pages.

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The chive is a hardy perennial herb that can be used as a simple, rustic floral arrangement that secretly doubles as a condiment. Chives are among the easiest and most rewarding herbs for the home gardener to grow. They are hardy and thrive in a variety of climates.

This e-handbook provides instruction on how to grow chives indoors or out -- and what containers to use doing so. You'll learn all about harvesting, drying and freezing, as well as how to make chive floral arrangements. Recipes include:

• Beef Antipasto with Chive Salsa
• Chived Green Beans
• Garlic-Chive Potato Salad
• Garlic, Chive and Ginger Chicken
• Buttermilk Chive Dressing
• Goat Cheese Tartlets