Red tomatoes, tender spring turnips, and strong-flavored cabbage heads: grown, nurtured, cared for, and harvested in your own garden. Everything is organic! This book answers all the questions that arise in the vegetable patch from sowing to harvest: What impact does the climate have, and what can my soil do? Which tools are best for watering, hoeing, or mulching? How can I fertilize organically and use beneficial insects? How do crop rotation and companion planting work, and can all of this be done without a garden? In addition to herbs, all common vegetable types are presented, along with many old and resilient varieties.