Cooperative Extension: Garden & Yard

Manual - Vegetables

Vegetables

Bulletins, fact sheets, and other resources

• Choosing, Storing and Using Fresh Produce
• Common Problems in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2765
• Extending the Gardening Season, Bulletin #2752
• Garden Equipment and Items to Make for the Maine Garden, Bulletin #2763
• Gardening in Small Spaces, Bulletin #2761
• Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2762
• Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2762
• Storage Conditions: Fruits & Vegetables, Bulletin #4135
• Storing Fresh Garden Produce (Word)
• Trickle Irrigation: Using & Conserving Water in the Home Garden, Bulletin #2160
• Vegetable Varieties for Maine Gardens, Bulletin #2190

Videos

• Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Plans for building a raised bed: diagram and materials list [Word; PDF]
• Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Garlic
  • Garlic in the Home Garden: Removing Scapes
  • How Do I Grow Garlic in Maine?
• Onions: How to Harvest and Store Onions in Maine
• Pumpkins: How to Harvest and Store Pumpkins
• Tomatoes
  • Caging Individual Tomato Plants
  • How to Grow Tomatoes: Basket Weave
  • How to Grow Tomatoes: Differences Between Bush and Vining
  • How to Grow Tomatoes: Staking
  • How to Grow Tomatoes: Trellis

MOFGA fact sheets — Look for

• Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening
• Storing Garden Vegetables

Additional Resources

• Establishment of Vegetable Gardens on Septic System Disposal Fields
• New England Vegetable Management Guide, University of Massachusetts

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