Introductory Vegetable Gardening

Class Handouts – For Single-day class

• Slide Presentation (Slide print-out)

• Participant Class Handout

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Class Handouts – For multi-day class

• Part 1

  • Slide Presentation (Slide print-out) – Part 1

  • Participant Class Handout – Part 1

• Part 2

  • Slide Presentation (Slide print-out) – Part 2

  • Participant Class Handout – Part 2

• Part 3

  • Slide Presentation (Slide print-out) – Part 3

  • Participant Class Handout – Part 3

 

Related Handouts

• VegetableGardenPlanner (University of Minnesota Extension; Ramsey County Master Gardeners)

• Home Garden Productivity Guide  (University of Minnesota Extension; Hennepin & Ramsey County Master Gardeners)

• U of MN Seed Trial Winners 2019

• Companion Planting (Cornell Cooperative Extension)

• Plastic Mulch, Row Covers and Low Tunnels (University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension)

• Mulching Vegetables (University of Georgia Extension)

• Planting and Harvesting Times for Garden Vegetables (Iowa State University Extension & Outreach)

• Storing Garden Vegetables at Home (University of Wisconsin-Extension)

• Plant Spacing (University of Minnesota Extension; Ramsey County Master Gardeners)

• Square-Foot Gardening (North Dakota State University Extension Service)

• Square-Foot Gardening (University of Missouri Extension; Clinton County Master Gardeners)

 

Online Resources

• University of MN Extension Program 

• Extension's Ask A Master Gardener 

• Ramsey County Master Gardener Facebook group

• Ramsey County Yard Waste Sites

• University of MN Extension Soil Testing Laboratory  

 

      PRO-TIP: Google “site:edu vegetable growing” (or site:gov) for research-based advice

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Books

• Vegetable Gardener’s Bible by Edward Smith

• Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

• Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour

• Bountiful Container by Maggie Stuckey & Rose Marie Nichols McGee