Food Gardening Resources

FOOD GARDENING RESOURCES

NEW TO FOOD GARDENING?

WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN

PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)

SEASONAL FOOD GARDENING

Also see “What to Plant and When” above

Carrots and cauliflower (creative commons)

THE FALL AND WINTER GARDEN

Cool Season Vegetable Gardening
The Late Fall and Winter Food Garden
Sample Vegetable Bed with Focus on Cool-Weather Vegetables
Cover Crops
Growing Salad Greens

THE SPRING AND SUMMER GARDEN

Sample Vegetable Bed with Focus on Warm-Weather Vegetables
Spring to Summer Succession Gardening
Food Gardening with Less Water
- Sample Summer Vegetable Bed
- Conserve Water in the food garden
Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden

FOOD GARDENING SPECIALIST (FGS) ZOOM MEETINGS

(Join us the second Tuesday of the month (except December) 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., for a FREE “Veggie Happenings” zoom meeting—pre-registration required. An FGS panel will make brief presentations on current food gardening topics followed by Q&A. Unique references, if any, for the two most recent zoom meetings follow.)

FRUIT TREE PRUNING (Steve’s January 2021 presentation on the basics of dormant fruit tree pruning)

Fruit and Nut Trees, The California Backyard Orchard, University of California
Pruning and Training, The California Backyard Orchard, University of California
Fruit and Berry Articles, Sonoma County Master Gardener Website
California Rare Fruit Growers, Redwood Empire Chapter

GROWING STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES (Fred’s and Kitty’s January 2021 presentations on planting bare root berries)

Growing Berries, The California Garden Web, University of California
Fruit and Berry Articles, Sonoma County Master Gardener Website

COVER CROPS (Cathy’s November 2020 presentation on growing cover crops to feed and protect the soil and to provide nectar and pollen to bees and beneficial insects)

Green Manure/Cover Crops, Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Grow Cover Crops to Attract Beneficial Insects, Add Nutrients, Suppress Weeds and Build Soil, UC Green Blog
Cover Crop Data Base, UC/ANR

PUTTING THE FOOD GARDEN TO BED (Tobi’s November 2020 presentation on sustainable practices so that your garden is in its best possible shape for spring 2021 planting)

Putting the Garden to Bed, Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Important: Compost, compost, compost! Mulch, mulch, mulch!

The following books can be borrowed through Sonoma County libraries:

Dirt to Soil, Gabe Brown, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2018
Growing a Revolution, David Montgomery, W. Norton & Company, 2018
The Soil Will Save Us, Kristin Olsen, Rodale, 2014

VISIT US

UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County Website and Food Gardening Page (with monthly tips and tasks); página web en español
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