This guide is intended to be a resource for gardeners, garden organizers, extension staff and other agency professionals who want to start a new community garden.
University of Missouri Extension
Make sure you know the difference between the male and female flowers on your vine crops.
University of Illinois Extension 
To give all New Yorkers equal access to healthy, affordable food, all residents should have an agricultural community garden within a 1-mile radius of their home. A guide to small scale food and yard waste composting.
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service An inner-city Cleveland community is drawn closer together as it works to transform a dirty vacant lot into a lush communal garden in Seedfolks.
NPR Soil quality is affected by many factors, including past and present land use and nearness to pollution sources. Soil test results and site history can provide information to guide efforts to improve garden quality and protect the health of gardeners, their families, and others in the community.
Cornell University Somehow, millions manage to grow gazillions every year. They say the devil is in the details when
Wisconsin Extension
Mustard is a quick-to-mature, easy-to-grow, cool-season vegetable for greens or salads
Watch Your Garden Grow - University of Illinois Extension 
As the first residents start moving into the revitalized Westlawn, the Milwaukee Housing Authority and Growing Power have announced a partnership to create 30,000 square feet of community vegetable gardens as part of the redevelopment.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
At Bronzeville Community Garden™ we are creating an urban oasis that provides a fun, safe, accessible gathering place and destination in the heart of Bronzeville. 
Boston Natural Areas Network works to preserve, expand and improve urban open space through community organizing, acquisition, ownership, programming, development and management of special kinds of urban land. 
Community Garden Leadership Tips
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Growing sweet corn in the home garden can be a challenge. You need to grow enough corn to ensure good pollination as well as deal with pests like corn rootworm beetle.
University of Illinois Extension After you have harvested the main head of broccoli, you can still maintain the plant to harvest smaller heads as the season progresses.
University of Illinois Extension 
Your guide to choosing, growing, preparing and storing common vegetables.
University of Illinois Extension.
There are many ways to start a community garden. Whether you're working with friends, neighbors, or a local organization, there are many things you'll want to consider before you ever dig the first hole.
American Community Gardening Association
Will Allen's Growing Power is revolutionizing how urban communities are receiving fresh food. Learn how to build a trellis.
Michigan State Extension Garden-based learning projects for all ages was first broadcast on March 7, 2012 as the second webinar in a five part series titled: Cultivating Community with Garden-Based Learning Programs. Running time approximately 24 minutes. Soils are formed by the decomposition of rock and organic matter over many years. Soil properties vary from place to place with differences in bedrock composition, climate, and other factors. At times, the amounts of some soil elements and other substances may exceed levels recommended for the health of humans, animals, or plants. Certain chemical elements occur naturally in soils as components of minerals, yet may be toxic at some concentrations. Other potentially harmful substances may end up in soils through human activities.
Cornell University GROWING CITIES follows two friends on their trip cross-country as they meet urban farmers who are challenging the way we eat. 
Check your local weather forecast. 
A group of Brooklyn gardeners had an idea: identify all the vacant lots in the borough, then help neighborhood residents take them over.
NY Times Boston Natural Areas Network 
Answers to your gardening questions are just a click away. Cook County Extension Master Gardeners will answer your emailed questions.
University of Illinois Extension serving Cook County |
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