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 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.)

GROWING GARLIC, Part 1 (Janet’s October presentation on prep and planting in the fall/winter season; stay tuned next spring for Part 2 on spring/summer season maintenance and harvesting.)

Garlic, Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Problem Diagnosis Guide for Garlic, VRIC, UC Davis

PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS (Sue’s October presentation.)

“Gardening for Pollinators: What to Plant and Why,” UC Davis Arboretum
Bring Back the Pollinators, The Xerces Society
“Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden,” US Fish and Wildlife Service
How to Attract Pollinators (interview with Kate Frey), The Bug Squad blog, UC/ANR
Butterfly Larval Plants of Sonoma County, Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Nectar Guides, The Bee Gardener blog, UC/ANR

The following books can be borrowed through Sonoma County libraries:

"The Bee-Friendly Garden," Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn, Ten Speed Press, 2016
"The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly," Baumle, Kylee, St. Lynn’s Press, 2017

SEED SAVING (Electra’s September zoom meeting presentation.)

Seed Savers Exchange
Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol, CA

SEPTEMBER GARDEN TASKS (Kitty’s September zoom meeting presentation.)

Harvesting Chart
Ongoing Monthly Tasks
September Food Garden Tips and Tasks (Food Gardening page, MGSC website, updated monthly)

ATTRACTING BENEFICIALS (Kathleen’s September zoom meeting presentation; and see prior IPM links.)

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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