It has been a long cold winter and everyone seems to be ready for spring. Along with spring comes planting seeds that hopefully turn into flowering plants, vegetables, and grains. With the nations hard economic times more and more people will plant their own vegetable garden. Whether it is your first garden or you are a pro Iowa State University Extension has tips to help make gardening easier.
Iowa State University Extension offers three great publications to help get you started.
- Planting a Home Vegetable Garden. This publication will explain how to prepare the seedbed, select the right seeds, planting and fertilizing. /Publications/PM819.pdf
- Planting and harvesting times for garden vegetables. This publication lists a variety of vegetables explaining planting, transplanting, and harvesting dates. /Publications/PM534.pdf
- Container Vegetable Gardening. This publication includes crop selection, growing media, container size, and summer care. /Publications/PM870B.pdf
For more information about these or similar publications please call the Plymouth County Extension Office at 712-546-7835 or visit the Yard and Garden website.
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3/10/2009