Home vegetable garden
Food Gardening
Follow these links for more information on:
- First vegetable planting dates in spring
- Last vegetable planting dates in summer and fall
- Vegetable rotation
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
Growing Vegetables & Herbs
- Vegetable-Varieties-list-2023 (pdf)
- Vegetable Growing Guides
- Recommended spacing & expected yield for garden vegetables in NY (pdf)
- Vegetable and Herb Gardening in Containers (pdf) Spanish version (pdf)
- Perennial Herbs (pdf)
- Windowsill Herbs (pdf)
- Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners
- New! Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners Catalog
- List of Varieties Resistance to Late Blight (pdf)
- Indoor Vegetable Seed Starting (pdf) Spanish version (pdf)
- Low Cost Grow Light Frame Plans (pdf)
- Cover Crops for Vegetable Growers
- Cover Crops for Urban Gardens website has Spanish language materials
- Public Seed Saving Initiative Workbook (pdf)
- Seed Saving and Breeding Resource List (pdf)
- Find composting materials at healthy soils, healthy communities
SPANISH only – Wire Compost Bin (pdf)
Growing Fruit
- Growing Hops in Garden
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Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home (pdf of entire publication)
Individual sections:
Front matter (including maps) (pdf)
Before You Begin (pdf)
Tree Fruits (pdf)
Grapes (pdf)
Strawberries (pdf)
Brambles (pdf)
Blueberries (pdf)
Currants and Gooseberries (pdf)
Elderberries (pdf)
Hardy Kiwifruit (pdf)
More Minor Fruits (pdf)
For More Information (pdf) - Cornell classic 80’s
Minor Fruits in New York StateHomemade Wine - Cornell Fruit Resources for Commercial Growers (website)
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Find Your Zone!
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
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.