Resources for Gardeners
Dig into our new resource hub, inspired by current events—find links to free webinars, articles and videos about foodscaping, garden projects and other timely topics. Looking for a new project? Want to grow your own healthy food at home? Here are some tips, ideas and tools to help you grow.
Grow Your Own Food
- New Vegetables for 2020 (blog)
- 6 Tips for New Vegetable Gardeners (blog)
- 8 Steps to Growing Your First Veggie Garden (NG)
- Shade Tolerant Vegetables (blog)
- How to Start Vegetables with Winter Sowing (blog)
- Why Grow Tomatoes in Containers (blog)
- How to Create Beauty in a Veggie Garden (blog)
- Best Books for Beginning Vegetable Gardeners (blog)
- Vertical Vegetables (book review)
- Hydroponic Gardening (book review)
- Postage Stamp Vegetable Gardening (book review)
- Indoor Kitchen Gardening (book review)
- Gardening by Cuisine (book review)
- Books for Beginning Vegetable Gardeners (book review)
- Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardening (book review)
- Fruit Gardener's Bible (book review)
- Northern Heartland Kitchen (book review)
- Organic Edibles for Small Spaces (webinar)
- Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation (webinar)
- Tips for Growing Melons in the North (Northern Gardener)
- Heirloom Dry Beans (Northern Gardener)
- Growing Microgreens (Northern Gardener)
- Is it Safe to Grow Food on a Boulevard? (Northern Gardener)
- Bring on the Basil (Northern Gardener)
- Asparagus 101 (Northern Gardener)
- 5 Must-Try Carrots (Northern Gardener)
- Long-Season Vegetables to Grow (Northern Gardener)
- Apple Tree Pruning Made Easy (video)
Community Gardening
Garden-Inspired Projects, Programs and Podcasts
- How to Draw Leaves (video)
- Still Growing (podcast)
- The Daily Gardener (podcast)
- Plantrama (podcast)
- The Gardenangelists (podcast)
- Garden Answer Library (videos)
- Monty Don's American Gardens (TV)
- Garden Photo Wood Blocks (project)
- Paint a Terra Cotta Pot (project)
- Design a New Garden Bed (project)
- Create a Garden Mosaic (project)
In the Garden
- Vermicomposting (webinar)
- Garden Planning (webinar)
- What's a Gardener to Do? (blog)
- 6 Tips for Seed-Starting Success (PDF)
- Starting Seeds Indoors (blog)
- Best Equipment for Seed Starting (Northern Gardener)
- Compost Tips from a Pro (blog)
- Seed Saving: Planning for the Future (webinar)
- Companion Planting With Bulbs (webinar)
- Grow it Yourself Bouquets (Northern Gardener)
- DIY Greenhouse on a Budget (Northern Gardener)
- How to Deal With Problem Soil (Northern Gardener)
- Vertical Gardening How-tos (Northern Gardener)
- Pruning Hydrangeas (video)
- Red Dirt Ramblings (website)
- Test Your Soil (blog)
- Small-Space Gardening on a Budget (article)