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Grow Your Own Food?
Of Course You Can! (Part 2)
Lee Young, Extension Educator, and Deb Andrus, Master Gardener
Choosing Wisely
Tips for Great Garden Mileage
• Throw out your pre-conceived notions of what a vegetable garden is supposed to look like.
• Only grow what you and your family will actually eat.• A small, well-maintained garden yields more than a big
weedy mess.• Harvesting a little bit over a longer time period is way
better than a ton all at once.
Container Gardening
If It Holds Soil, It’s a Container!
Gardening in Small Spaces
in-ground vs. containers
Easy Vegetables
• Lettuce*• Tomatoes*• Green beans• (not bell) Peppers*• Cucumbers• Beets• Snap Peas
• Chard*• Radishes*• Garlic• Kale*• Leeks*• Herbs*• Tomatillos
*suitable for containers
Salad, Anyone?
• Lettuce mix
What About Other Greens?
• Chard
• Beets
• Kale
• small in salads or mature
Salad, Anyone?
• Radishes
Salad, Anyone?
• Cucumbers
Salad, Anyone?
• Tomatoes
(not bell) Peppers
Green Beans and Snap Peas
Herbs
• Parsley
• Sage
• Basil
• Thyme
• Oregano
• Chives
Also consider….
• Garlic
• Leeks
• Tomatillos
Easy Fruits
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Rhubarb
Strawberries
Delicious, productive, ornamental
Raspberries•Red, black, purple and yellow•Perennial roots, biennial shoots•Summer bearing (“everbearing”) or fall bearing•Grow in a hedge
e.g. Heritage (everbearing)
• Prune to the ground for big fall crop
• Prune back half way for spring and fall crop
Rhubarb
A little more challenging…
• Zucchini/yellow squash (insect pests)• Bell peppers (N and water for fruit set)• Asparagus (establishment)• Blueberries (low pH site)• All the other members of the cabbage family
(insect pests)
A little more challenging…
• Eggplant (insect pests)• Onions (N and water)• Potatoes (space, loose soil)• Spinach (weather and nutrients)• Grapes (maintenance and diseases)• Blackberries (weather and maintenance)
Worth the Effort?
• Sweet corn, winter squash, pumpkins (space needs)
• Carrots, parsnips (soil needs)
• Melons (season extension)
• Tree fruit (leave to the truly committed)