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Kitchen garden in Gers, France with marigolds, tomatoes and trellises
Image by Jean-noël Lafargue

Home vegetable garden

Food Gardening

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Cornell Resources

Cornell's home gardening website has links to excellent resources, including Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners, Vegetable MD Online, Vegetable Disease Factsheets, and -to growing guides for more than 50 different vegetables. http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/index.html

Community garden locations

If you are interested in growing your own food but don't have space for a garden, then how about renting a plot in a community garden near you? Visit the following link for a list of community gardens in Tompkins County and contact information for each:
http://ccetompkins.org/garden/community-school-gar...

Seed Saving

This Cornell University Library Guide on "Seed Saving" compiled by Jeff Piestrak includes links to relevant Cornell University initiatives, Conservation & Biodiversity Groups, Grower Resources/Directories/Support, Industry/Trade Groups & Resources, Seed Libraries, Seed Sovereignty, Other Seed Saving Organizations/Networks/Events, and General Learning Materials on saving seeds.

Building Raised Beds for Vegetable Gardening

This article from the University of Maryland Extension discusses how to build as well as the advantages and disadvantages of creating raised beds.  

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/building-raised-beds-vegetable-gardening

Last updated June 15, 2023

Food Gardening

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Find Your Zone!

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map, 2012

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps gardeners and growers determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based map, for which a broadband Internet connection is recommended. Users may also simply type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for that area.

Seed For The Garden

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This handout from Virginia Cooperative Extension covers how to save and start seeds, and includes a list of how long you can expect various types of vegetable seeds to remain viable.