Includes index.

Why start your own?;
First the seeds;
Choose your medium;
Containers;
Sowing seeds early indoors;
Germination;
What seedlings need;
Transplanting;
Growing on;
Light;
Soil preparation;
Mapping out the garden;
Hardening off;
The art of planting out;
Cold frames and hotbeds;
Early care of the young transplant;
Direct seeding;
Kelp;
Raising seedlings for the fall garden;
The competition: insects and animals;
The young seed-planter;
Growing vegetables from seed;
Why save seeds?;
Annuals, perennials, biennials;
How seeds are formed;
Backyard plant breeding;
Hybrids;
Selection;
Care of the seed-bearing plant;
Collecting seeds;
Preparing the seed;
String seeds;
Viability;
Seed-saving tips for specific plants;
The garden diary;
Seed exchanges;
Seed banks;
Selling your seedlings;
Seed catalogs