VEGETABLES, How to Grow
You can grow, with just a little planning, enough produce to provide your family with delicious, nutritious, top-quality meals for a full year. Imagine the fun your kids would have making their own veggie pizzas on the grill, or how proud you would be to heap your Thanksgiving table with organically grown crops just as our Pilgrim and Native American ancestors did centuries ago.
Don’t have a lot of space?
Incorporate vegetables into your beds, borders, and planters to create a beautiful mix of food and flowers. Join a community garden – they are springing up everywhere. You will not only get started with the help of experts, but also grow a new crop of friends!
Find more edible garden articles see FRUITS and HERBS developed by our Master Gardener volunteers here to pass along tips, and no tricks, to make your “Victory Garden” a great success!
North Carolina is a marvel with its 3 distinct planting times for growing vegetables. Spring, late summer, and early winter plantings provide an abundance of seasonal food right in your own backyard. Poster is a non-copyrighted image from the WPA Library of Congress.
Resources for North Carolina Piedmont Region
Central North Carolina Planting Calendar for Annual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs NCSU Extension
Container Garden Planting Calendar for Edibles in the N.C. Piedmont NCSU Extension
produceyrproduceemg_growguide82014_2.pdf
The Quest for the Perfect Tomato
Don Rosenberg
Seasonal Edible Layouts for Raised Bed Gardens
Margaret Genkins
Growing & Feeding Container Vegetables
Don Rosenberg
