NC State Vegetable Gardening Resources

• Index of Extension Vegetable Publications

• How to Grow Vegetables
  • Beginner’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening
  • Calendars for Vegetable Planting
    • Eastern NC
    • Central NC
    • Western NC
  • Home Vegetable Gardening
  • Organic Gardening:  NC Organic, Organic Crop Production
  • Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crops Handbook
  • Vegetable Varieties

• Pest Management in Vegetable Gardens
  • Images of Insect Pests of Vegetables
  • Diseases of Vegetables
  • North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual

• Gardening in Containers
  • Container Gardens for Edibles
  • Planting Calendar for Edible Container Gardens
  • Raised Bed Construction

• Soils
  • Soil Testing:  How To, NCDA&CS Information
  • Cover Crops

• Season Extension:  shade in the summer, frost protection in winter

• Food Safety
  • Food Safety in the Garden
  • Fresh Produce Safety

• Home Food Preservation, Canning

Gardening with Children

• • Children’s Vegetable Gardens
  • Creating Childcare Production Gardens
  • Growing and Cooking Fruits and Vegetables at Childcare Centers
  • Cool Season Vegetables for Kids
  • Warm Season Vegetables for Kids
  • Composting with Kids
  • Vermicomposting with Kids

Grow it Eat it Publication Series
(Click PDF icon at the top of the publication for a print ready version) 

• Asparagus
• Collards
• Kale