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Whether you are new to gardening or have a green thumb, our resources will help you be successful from planting to harvest.

COMMUNITY GARDENS

About Community Gardens

How To Start a Community Garden: A Handbook

Creating a Diverse + Inclusive Community Garden

What Makes a Successful Community Garden

Community Gardening Month By Month

GARDEN PLANNING

Monthly Gardening Tasks

Regional Frost Free Dates

Garden Location Selection

GARDEN PLANTING

Planting a smart vegetable garden

Planting vegetables: includes list of cool and warm season crops

Selecting healthy transplants

Starting seeds

Planting fall vegetable crops for your garden

How to Build a Cold Frame

PESTS & DISEASES

Use integrated pest management (IPM) to manage garden problems

Identify and manage common pests and diseases

Mulching to control weeds

Adding row covers

Celery Fusarium yellows

Potato late blight

Potato verticillium wilt and early vine death

Tomato bacterial canker

Tomato early blight

Tomato septoria leaf spot

Tomato diseases in the home garden

Blossom-end rot of tomato

FAQ about late blight in potatoes and tomatoes

HARVESTING, PRESERVING & USING VEGETABLES

Vegetable harvest tip sheet

Using, storing and cooking with vegetables

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning