IN THE GARDEN: Lettuces, carrots and greens, but begin planting warm-season vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and squash, too.
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New Gardeners

Welcome!

We are so excited you are here! Gardening can be as easy or as complicated as you want it to be. Check out these resources for getting started. Don’t forget to have fun!

“There are no mistakes in gardening, only experiments” ~ Janet Kilburn Phillips

Crop Production

Home Vegetable Gardening Book

Jefferson County Extension Gardening Videos

Jefferson County Extension

UK Resources for Home Vegetable Gardeners

BLACKACRE CONSERVANCY GARDENING VIDEOS

BearFruit & Grow, LLC GARDENING VIDEOS

Square Foot Gardening Mini Class

Seasoned Cultivators

Hey Gardener!

We hope you can find some useful information here for your garden adventures. We know there is always something new to learn about the art of gardening. These are the resources we know and trust. If you have additional resources to share, contact us at finlouisville@gmail.com.

“All gardeners know better than other gardeners” ~ Chinese Proverb

Crop Production

UK Home Vegetable Growers Resource Page

 

Intensive Production Techniques

Spin Farming

The Lean Farm

 

Soils

University of Maryland Extension: Soil Amendments & Fertilizers

 

Fruit Production

UK Home Fruit Production

VCASFS Summer Fruit Tree Pruning


Pests

UK Integrated Pest Management

Kentucky Pest News

Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education: Pest Management

 

Advocates

Organic Association of Kentucky

Community Farm Alliance

Agriculture Experts

Hi farmer/gardener extraordinaire!

Welcome to our resources page for agricultural experts. If you want to dig a little deeper in your knowledge of agriculture, these are the resources we know and trust. If you have additional resources to share, please contact us finlouisville@gmail.com.

“To most people this is just dirt, to a farmer this is potential” ~ Someone once said somewhere

Pests

UK Integrated Pest Management

Kentucky Pest News

Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education: Pest Management


Crop Production

uK Commercial Horticulture Homepage

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Crop Production

UK High Tunnel Production

The Lean Farm, Small-Scale Intensive Production for Maximum Profit

Center for Crop Diversity

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

 

Business

The Carrot Project Webinar Series

Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development


Soils

Sare Soil Management

NRCS Soils

 

Advocates

Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK)

Community Farm Alliance

The Greenhorns

National Young Farmers Coalition

Vegetable Directory

Here are some articles and growing tips for vegetables you might grow in Kentucky.  They are sorted alphabetically, but you can also search for a crop by pressing the CONTROL key and the F key at the same time on your keyboard and use the search field to type in plant names that you’d like to find.

Do you have a favorite resource for a certain crop?  Email us at finlouisville@gmail.com!

Vegetables in Kentucky

Vegetable Cultivars for Kentucky Gardens (University of Kentucky)

Basil

Growing, Harvesting and Using Basil (Mother Earth News)

Cole Crops & Brassicas

Cole Crops and Other Brassicas: Organic Production (ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture)

Garlic

A Guide to Garlic Varieties (Storey)

Onions

Onions for the Garden & Good Health (Eco-Farming Daily)

Peppers

Growing Peppers 101: Know More and Grow Better (Mother Earth News)

Pumpkins

Organic Pumpkin and Winter Squash Marketing and Production (ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture)

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato: Organic Production (ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture)

 

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