Vegetables
Selected Readings and Content
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
UMaine Extension Videos
- Asparagus
- Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds
- Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens
- Garlic
- Onions: How to Harvest and Store Onions in Maine
- Pumpkins: How to Harvest and Store Pumpkins
- Tomatoes
- Caging Individual Tomato Plants
- How to Grow Tomatoes: Basket Weave
- How to Grow Tomatoes: Differences Between Bush and Vining
- How to Grow Tomatoes: Staking
- How to Grow Tomatoes: Trellis
- MOFGA 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
- Planting Chart for the Home Vegetable Garden
- University of Minnesota Crop Specific Guides
- Articles from MOFGA
Master Gardener Volunteer Training
Core Competencies
At the end of these sessions you will be able to articulate and explain:
- Factors to consider when selecting a garden site
- Factors to consider when planning a vegetable garden
- Variety selection to match conditions
- Comparison of raised beds, in ground beds and conventional rows
- Reasons for crop rotation and how to develop a simple rotation plan
- Concepts and practices for intensive vegetable production
- Basic garden record keeping
- Key aspects of vegetable garden maintenance
- Watering
- Weed management
- Fertilization
- Techniques for extending the garden season
- How and when to harvest and properly store common vegetable crops
- Food safety and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for a safe harvest
Practical Skills Gained and Strengthened
- Identify, prevent, and manage common weeds
- How to plan, plant, and maintain a vegetable and/or herb garden
- How to implement succession planting
- How and when to harvest and properly store common vegetable crops
- Food safety practices used in preparing fresh foods for consumption