Saturday, March 21, 2009

Recession Gardening

Growing Your Own Vegetables
According to a recent Associated Press (AP) news article, the "National Gardening Association predicts a 19 percent increase in home gardening in 2009..." If you are getting ready to dig, here are but a few recent books that may be helpful:

Chef's Garden: Fresh Produce from Small Spaces by Terence Conran
Fresh Food from Small Spaces by R.J. Ruppenthal

If you are interested in attending gardener education workshop(s), visit the The Northeast Organic Farmer's Association of CT (NOFA) website. Classes are held in Manchester and Wallingford.

Also review CT Agricultural Experiment Station Fact Sheets on Planning Your Garden, Planting Your Garden and a variety of other fact sheets on home garden topics.