Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Denser -- The Center Square Plan -- Benefits of the Center Square -- Garden Siting -- How to Build a Border -- Framing Around the Center Square -- Which Vegetables to Choose -- Companion Planting -- Planting Guide -- Plant Spacing -- Harvesting -- 2. Deeper -- The Fertile Soil Base for Intensive Planting -- Digging Deeply and Doing It Once -- Removing Sod -- Shoveling -- Removing Rocks -- Enriching the Soil -- Composting with Effective Microorganisms -- Bokashi Composting Medium -- How to Make Bokashi -- How to Tap a Plastic Bucket with a Spigot -- Burying the Bokashi Compost -- Compost Tea -- 3. Higher -- Site Concerns -- Building with PVC Pipes -- Tomato Supports -- Cucumber Trellis -- Dual Season Grow Tower -- 4. Longer -- Warming Up Spring Chills -- Mini Chinampas with Recycled Bottles -- Overwintering with Water Warming -- Cooling During the High Heat Weeks -- Planting The Fall Crop -- Winter -- When to Erect the Greenhouse -- How To Build The Greenhouse -- Covering the Greenhouse with Plastic Sheeting -- Greenhouse Variations -- Starting Seeds in the Greenhouse -- Summer and the the Greenhouse -- Moving the Greenhouse -- Managing a Longer Growing Season -- 5. Seed Saving -- Growing Open Pollinated Seed Varieties -- Plants with Seeds We Eat -- Lettuces and Other Leafy Green Crops -- Plants with Flowers We Eat -- Root Vegetables -- Fruits -- Seed Storage Life -- 6. Some Common Garden Concerns -- Effective Microorganisms as Insect Deterrent -- Compost Tea Repellent -- Discouraging Snails and Slugs -- The Hardware Cloth Seedling Cage -- Water -- Rain Barrels -- Structuring Water -- Buryied Watering Vessels -- 7. Making Food Last -- Canning -- Freezing -- Dehydrating -- Shelf Life of Home Dried Foods -- How to Make a Simple Solar Food Dryer.