Vegetables

Selected Readings and Content

• Planting Chart for the Home Vegetable Garden

UMaine Extension Bulletins

• Gardening Methods
  • Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2762
  • Common Problems in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2765
  • Extending the Gardening Season, Bulletin #2752
  • Garden Equipment and Items to Make for the Maine Garden, Bulletin #2763
  • Gardening in Small Spaces, Bulletin #2761
  • Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2510
  • Trickle Irrigation: Using & Conserving Water in the Home Garden, Bulletin #2160

• Maine Crops
  • Growing Asparagus in Maine, Bulletin #2071
  • Growing Hardneck Garlic in Your Maine Garden, Bulletin #2063
  • Vegetable Varieties for Maine Gardens, Bulletin #2190

• Handling the Harvest
  • Choosing, Storing and Using Fresh Produce
  • Storing Fresh Garden Produce (Word)
  • Storage Conditions: Fruits & Vegetables, Bulletin #4135

UMaine Extension Videos and Resources

• Asparagus
  • Video: Caring for Asparagus (YouTube)
  • Video: Planting Asparagus (YouTube)
• Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds
  • Video: Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds, Part 1 (YouTube)
  • Video: Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds, Part 2 (YouTube)
  • Video: Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds, Part 3 (YouTube)
  • Video: Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds, Part 4 (YouTube)
  • Plans for building a raised bed: diagram and materials list (Word); Plans for building a raised bed: diagram and materials list (PDF)
• Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens
  • Video: Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens, Part 1 (YouTube)
  • Video: Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens, Part 2 (YouTube)
• Garlic
  • Video: Garlic in the Home Garden: Removing Scapes (YouTube)
  • Video: Harvesting and Drying Hardneck Garlic (YouTube)
  • Video: How Do I Grow Garlic in Maine (YouTube)
  • Video: Storing Garlic (YouTube)
• Onions:
  • Video: How to Harvest and Store Onions in Maine (YouTube)
• Pumpkins:
  • Video: How to Harvest and Store Pumpkins (YouTube)
• Tomatoes
  • Video: Caging Individual Tomato Plants (YouTube)
  • Video: How to Grow Tomatoes: Basket Weave (YouTube)
  • Video: How to Grow Tomatoes: Differences Between Bush and Vining (YouTube)
  • Video: How to Grow Tomatoes: Staking (YouTube)
  • Video: How to Grow Tomatoes: Trellis (YouTube)
  • Visit MOFGA for fact sheets — Look for
    • Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening
    • Storing Garden Vegetables

Additional Resources

• Asparagus FAQs |Planting Asparagus Check List | Growing Asparagus Record Sheet
• Establishment of Vegetable Gardens on Septic System Disposal Fields
• Find Your Freeze/Frost Dates
• Cornell Growing Guides: Each profile contains detailed description, growing  methods, varieties and other information
• New England Vegetable Management Guide, University of Massachusetts
• University of Minnesota Crop Specific Guides
• Articles from MOFGA