LEARN THE THINGS

1. The City of Keene offers garden plots for rent at the Monadnock View Cemetery

1. Garden Safety

2. Gardening for Food Safety

3. Ticks and Lyme Disease Prevention

4. Lead in Soil, and the Importance of Soil Testing

5. Sun Safety

6. Gardening With Others Safely During COVID-19

• Garden Planning

  1. Planning a Family Garden

  2. Planning a Community Garden - contact Community Garden Connections

  3. Planning a Church Garden

  4. Soul Fire Farm Lawn to Garden Guide

  5. Vegetable Garden Size Calculator

  6. Location - sun exposure (coming soon!)

  7. FREE Tool & Seed Lending Library at the Keene Public Library

• In-Ground Gardening

  1. Garden Bed Preparation

• Raised Beds

  1. Calculate Amount of Soil Needed

  2. Guide to Building Raised Beds

• Gardening in Small Spaces

  1. Container Gardening

  2. Balcony/Rooftop Gardening

  3. Indoor Herb Gardening

  4. Indoor Gardening Tips

  5. Grocery Store Gardening

     1. Herbs

     2. Lettuce & Celery

     3. Ginger & Turmeric

• Soil Amendments

  1. Soil testing

  2. Guide to natural and organic fertilizers

  3. Using urine for fertilizer on home gardens

  4. Composting 101

  5. A guide to backyard composting

  6. Vermiculture Webinar by NOFA/Mass

  7. Regenerative Agriculture for the Home Gardener Webinar

  8. Using Coffee Grounds, Eggshells, and Banana Peels in the Garden

• Gardening for Everyone

  1. Making your Garden Wheelchair Accessible

  2. Gardening with Physical Limitations

  3. Gardening with Young Children

  4. Resources for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for farms and farmers

• Seed Starting

  1. 1. Using recycled materials

     2. How to Start Seeds (document)

     3. Seed Starting Video

     4. Seed Starting with Children Q&A

     5. What do Plant Babies Look Like?

     6. Seeds to Start Inside vs. Outside

     7. Germinando Semillas y Granos 101

• When to Plant Outside

  1. High Mowing Seeds Planting Schedule

  2. When to Plant your Garden (UNH)

• Basics of Transplanting and Direct Seeding

• Companion Planting

• Succession Planting

• Mulching

• Online gardening information & networks around our state and region

  1. Antioch University NE Community Garden Connections

  2. UNH Extension Gardening Resources - call for free solutions to your problem

  3. UVM Extension Gardening Resources

  4. Granite State Gardening with Emma Erler (Facebook Live Events)

  5. Monadnock Grows Together- FREE Tool Lending & Seeds at the Keene Public Library

  6. Monadnock Region Permaculture Group

  7. Monadnock Time Exchange website & Facebook

  8. Monadnock Travel Council Farm & Food page

  9. Monadnock Beekeepers Association

  10. Cheshire County 4-H

  11. UCONN Extension Vegetable Gardening Resources

  12. Gardening Basics from Kidsgardening.org

  13. Vermont Community Garden Network

  14. Composting Association of Vermont

  15. Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont

  16. Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Tips for Our Region by Month

  17. Cooperative Gardening Commission

  18. Charlie Nardozzi Victory Garden Webinar

  19. Soul Fire Farm Ask a Sista Farmer Weekly Q&A (Facebook Live Events)

  20. Fitzwilliam Garden Club

  21. Old Homestead Garden Club (Marlborough)

• Resources for Racial Equity in Food Systems

  1. 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

  2. Dismantling Racism in the Food System

  3. Dismantling Racism in Community Food Work

  4. The Groundswell Center has an excellent resource page on racism and equity across the food system.

• Recommended Books

  1. Gardening, how-to:

     1. Growing Vegetables the Big Yield/Small Space Way, by Duane Newcomb

     2. The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, by Carol Deppe

     3. Vegetable Gardening in the Northeast, by Marie Ianotti

     4. Four-Season Harvest, by Eliot Coleman

     5. Almanac & Pest-Control Primer (Gardener to Gardener Series), by Rodale Books

     6. The Small Budget Gardener, by Maureen Gilmer

     7. Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Seed to Harvest, by Terry and Mark Silber

     8. The Community-Scale Permaculture Farm, by Josh Traught

     9. Edible Landscaping, by Rosalind Creasy

     10. Lasagna Gardening, by Patricia Lanza

     11. Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, by Gail Damerow

  2. Gardening, why-to:

     1. Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Haling Gifts of Gardening, by Connie Goldman & Richard Mahler

     2. Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, by Fran Sorin

     3. The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball

     4. The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans, by Patricia Klindienst

     5. The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food, by Janisse Ray

     6. Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden, by Diane Ackerman

     7. The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, by Gene Logsdon

     8. Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All, by Oran Hesterman

     9. Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community, edited by Hannah Wittman, Annette Desmarais, and Nettie Wiebe

  3. Issues of local food & economy:

     1. Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, by Timothy Wise

     2. The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food, by Nen Hewitt

     3. The Localization Reader: Adapting to the Coming Downshift, edited by Raymond De Young and Tomas Princen

     4. Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems, by Philip Ackerman-Leist

     5. Hungry Neighbors: Hunger & Hope in Northern New England, by Michele Moore

     6. Food & Place: A Critical Exploration, edited by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando Bosco

• Contact your local library here.

• Contact Toadstool Bookshop: Keene, 352-8815; Peterborough, 924-3543
  

• Local Experts

  1. Master Gardener Helpline - Ask a UNH Master Gardener your gardening questions!

  2. UVM Victory Garden Resource Map - If you are in need of support or resources, check out this map! Many gardeners are offering support remotely through video chats and phone calls!

1. General Garden Maintenance Resources

   1. Seek support from an expert: NH Extension Master Gardener Helpline support from an expert: Vermont Extension Master Gardener Helpline

   2. Vermont Extension Gardener Resources

2. Watering

3. Care practices for specific plants: Trellising Peas, Pruning Tomatoes, Trellising Tomatoes, Thinning Carrots

4. Pest Management

   1. Weeds (Undesired Plants)

      1. Weeding, Mulching and Fertilizing guide

      2. Common Garden Weed Identification Sheet

      3. Searchable Weed Encyclopedia

   2. Bugs

      1. Bad Bugs at a Glance

      2. Common problem insects: Aphids, Cabbage Worms, Cucumber Beetles, Slugs

   3. Wildlife

      1. Excluding and Repelling Problem Wildlife from the Garden

      2. Vermont Fish and Wildlife resources

   4. Disease Agents: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Mycoplasmas, and other microorganisms

      1. 10 Easy Steps to Prevent Common Garden Diseases

      2. Disease Fact Sheets Listed by Crop

   5. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practice

      1. Visual guide to IPM

      2. IPM resource list

Harvesting and Beyond

1. Harvesting

   1. Harvesting Guide for Common Fruits and Vegetables

   2. Safe Harvesting

   3. Foraging for Wild Edibles - NOFA/Mass webinar

2. Eating

   1. Preparing Fruits and Vegetables

   2. Eat Smart, Move More – Distance Learning Series

   3. Saving Money at the Grocery Store (class)

   4. Adults Eating Smart - online nutrition education (class)

   5. Healthy recipe generator

   6. 4-H Favorite Recipes

   7. SNAP Guide to Eating Seasonally

3. Storing and Preserving

   1. Quick Pickles and Refrigerator Jams

   2. Edible Brattleboro plans to hold a “make-it-and-take-it" canning workshops later in the season - Check the webpage for updates

   3. Storing food for winter - July 25 webinar

   4. Creative Ways to Use Food Scraps

4. Sharing

   1. Guidelines for safe donations to NH Food Pantries

Putting Garden to Bed - Coming Soon! (Aug 27)

1. https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-put-your-school-garden-to-bed/

2. https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-create-overwintering-habitat-with-an-untidy-garden/

3. https://extension.unh.edu/blog/putting-garden-bed

4. Cover Crops

5. Seed Saving

   1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-seed-saving/

   2. https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-saving-seeds/

   3. https://kidsgardening.org/garden-how-to-heirloom-seed-saving/

   4. Seed Seva Mentorship Online Course