Part Two: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 8: Plant Pests 127
Insecticides — Some Safety Precautions — Protecting Honeybees — Alternate Insect Controls — Prevention — Healthy Soil — Crop Rotation — Clean Gardening — Repellents — Trap Crops — Cures — Friendly Insects — Botanical Insecticides — Mineral Oil — Insect Diseases — Bug Juice Method — Plant Juice Method — Hand Picking — Other Methods
GUIDE TO 
ALASKA INSECT PESTS
Ants | Raspberry Fruitworms |
Aphids | Red Turnip Beetles |
Cutworms | Root Maggots |
Fireweed Hornworms | Scale Insects |
Fungus Gnats | Slugs |
Leafhoppers | Springtails |
Leafminers | Strawberry Root Weevil |
Leaf Rollers | Thrips |
Mealybugs | Whiteflies |
Mites | Wireworms |
Chapter 9: Plant Problems 159
Plant Diseases — Fungi — Bacteria — Viruses — Disease Prevention — Mice — Rabbits — Moose — Electric Fences — Weeds — Weed Propagation — Methods of Weed Control — Mulching to Smother Weeds — Chemical Control — Where to Apply Herbicides — When to Apply Herbicides — Types of Herbicides — Cautions —
GUIDE TO COMMON ALASKA WEEDS
Chapter 10: Coping with Cold Soil 180
Directional Planting — Planting Above Ground Level — Irrigating for Warm Soil — Permafrost Protection — What Kind of Styrofoam¨? — Solar-Heated Soil — Heating Soil with Clear Plastic — Why Not Black Plastic? — Seeds Under Plastic; Corn — Irrigating Under Plastic — Transplants Through Plastic — Row Covers; Strawberries — Commercial Plantings; Strawberries — Combining Soil-Heating Methods — Using Black Plastic
Chapter 11: Working with Wet Soil 198 
How Much Water is Enough? — Draining ‘Off Garden’ Water — Draining the Garden Itself — Drainage for Terraces — Terracing by Hand — Blind Ditches — Drainage Pipe — Built-Up Rows — Raised Rows — Raised Rows by Machine — Raised Rows by Hand — Planting Raised Rows — Plastic-Covered Mounds — Irrigation for Mounds Under Plastic — Raised Beds — Related Problems
Chapter 12: Selecting Seed
-Annual Vegetables for Alaska 208
Northern Varieties — Photoperiodism — Variety Research — You, as Researcher — It’s Been Done Before — Compensating for Unadapted Varieties
Chapter 13: Pick Perennials for Hardiness 219
Hardiness Zones —Microclimates — Short Nights, Long Winters — Low Soil Temperatures — Desiccation — Late Growth — Garden Perennials — Fruit Trees for Alaska — Apples for Southeast Alaska — Before Ordering — When Transplanting — Tips for Hardier Fruit Trees — Quarantine
Chapter 14: The Green-Thumb Greenhouse 230
Site Selection — Framing — Foundations — Beds Versus Benches — Snow Loads/Roof Slope — Reinforcing for Snow Load — Covering a Greenhouse — Lighting — Ventilation — Humidity — Heating — Fuel — Utilizing Solar
Heat — Orientation — Glazing — Wind — Minimizing Heat Leakage — Other Types of Greenhouses — Soil and Fertilizer for Greenhouses — Carbon Dioxide — Watering — Greenhouse Insects — Greenhouse Diseases
