
Join Extension Master Gardener Interns Faatimah Muhammad and Krystyn Moon for a beginners’ class on the many aspects of vegetable gardening. This is a two-part course on learning how to grow a vegetable garden.
- In Part 1, you’ll learn how to select a site, improve your soil, plan your garden, and obtain seeds, plants, and equipment.
- In Part 2, you’ll learn tips on how to care for your crops as they grow and how to harvest your fruits and vegetables.
Introduction to Vegetable Gardening Part I:
Zoom session, February 10, 2023
Video of Presentation
Chapter Breaks
Introduction to Vegetable Gardening Part II:
Zoom session, February 17, 2023
Video of Presentation
Chapter Breaks
- 0:00:00 Introductions & Review of Steps 1 – 4 (from Part One)
Step 5: Planting Your Garden
Step 6: Control Weeds, Pests & Diseases
Additional Resources
- Introduction to Vegetable Gardening Handout
- Recommended Spacing for Vegetable Gardening
- Arlington/Alexandria Recommended Vegetable Planting Dates
- Soil Tests
- Leave the Leaves and Other Beneficial Practices – Updated in 2022! MGNV Recorded Class
- Composting and No Till Gardening: Create a Garden That Thrives MGNV Recorded Class
- Insect Pest Management for the Vegetable Garden MGNV Recorded Class
- Extension Master Gardener Help Desk
- Test Seed Viability – University of Illinois Urbana
- The Shed: Garden Tool Lending Library. Arlington Public Library.