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UK College of Agriculture Publication from the Cooperative Extension Service

Home Vegetable Gardening

Are you new to the world of vegetable gardening, and looking for some good, basic advice for when, how, what and where to plant?  Make sure you find information from reliable sources.  Tried and true, UK’s College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service has some great publications available which will answer many of your questions, as well as suggest a few more ideas you might not have considered yet.   Based on solid, practical experience, as well as experimentally-based research, you’ll find pages with charts for planting dates, planning suggestions, help in identifying and dealing with pest and disease problems, soil testing, and a host of other issues; an ‘Asparagus through Watermelon’ listing of possible vegetable crops are profiled.  Click on this link: Home Vegetable Gardening (Publication ID128) for the publication on-line, or call you local county Extension office.  A Gardener’s Toolbox series on topics of interests is offered by the Fayette County Cooperative Extension service.  Another new on-line resource for your growing questions is eXtension, an eMail-oriented service for you to connect with eXperts from a collaboratiion of Land Grant colleges, who will answer your questions promptly.