Gardening Resource Sheets and Links
Organic Gardening Tips
- Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Training and Pruning Fruit Trees
- Plants for Sun and Shade
- Common Diseases of Garden Vegetables
- Gardening with Children
- Plant Talk Colorado (link)
- Colorado Crop Calendar (link)
- Colorado Master Gardener Garden Notes (link)
- Edible Weeds (link)
- Edible Flowers (link)
Organic Weed and Pest Control
- Mulches for Home Grounds
- Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects
- Integrated Pest Management and Companion Planting
- Natural Insect Deterrents for Your Garden
- Pictures of Vegetable Troubles, Weeds, and Insects
- Pest Management Solutions
- Key to Common Garden Insects
- You Can Control Garden Insects (link)
- Weed Library (link)
- Weed Control, The Organic Way (link)
Crop Rotation, Companion Planting, Succession Planting, and When to Plant
- Safe Planting Dates for Garden Vegetables
- Companion Plant Guide
- Integrated Pest Management and Companion Planting
- Plot Rotation and Succession Planting Guide
- Yearly Crop Rotation Guide
- Garden Toad's Plant Companion Guide (link)
- Succession in the Garden (link)
Soil Amendment, Fertility, and Quality
- Improving Your Soil
- Using Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers
- Choosing a Soil Amendment
- Amendments That Can Give Your Soil a Boost (link)
- Making the Most of Mulch (link)
- Improving Clay Soils (link)
- Ten Easy Soil Tests (link)
Cool Season Crops, Extending the Season, Putting Garden to Bed, Winter Crop Covers
Water Conservation
- Water Conservation Techniques
- Water Conservation in the Vegetable Garden
- Irrigation Diagrams
- DUG Water Turn On and Turn Off
- Denver Water (link)
Harvesting, Preserving Foods, Saving Seeds
- Vegetable Harvesting Guide
- Seed Saving
- Save Our Seeds
- Rocky Mountain Seed Company (link)
- RareSeeds.com (link)
Composting
- Composting Basics
- Compost 101: Nutrients and Usage
- Building Compost Bins
- Troubleshooting Your Compost Pile
- Vermicomposting: Where to get worms
Gardening with kids? Click here for our school garden and nutrition curriculum.
