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  • HOME
    • About Master Gardener Volunteers
    • 2023 Master Gardener training
    • Demonstration GARDEN
  • Request Our Help
    • Horticulture Help Desk
    • School/Community Garden Consultation
    • Speaker
  • Garden Zone
  • GARDEN CALENDAR
    • January winter
    • February to do list
    • March timely tips
    • April 15th last frost
    • May spring frenzy
    • June garden tasks
    • July summer tasks
    • August hot summer
    • September gardens
    • October fall begins
    • November planting
    • December gardens
  • Our Publications
  • Videos
  • Consider a Donation

Vegetables, How to Grow 


You can grow, with just a little planning, enough produce to provide your family with delicious, nutritious, top-quality meals for a full year.  Imagine the fun your kids would have making their own veggie pizzas on the grill, or how proud you would be to heap your Thanksgiving table with organically grown crops just as our Pilgrim and Native American ancestors did centuries ago.  

Don’t have a lot of space?  
Incorporate vegetables into your beds, borders, and planters to create a beautiful mix of food and flowers.  Join a community garden – they are springing up everywhere.  You will not only get started with the help of experts, but also grow a new crop of friends!  

Find more edible garden articles see FRUITS and HERBS developed by our Master Gardener volunteers here to pass along tips, and no tricks, to make your “Victory Garden” a great success!  

Produce Your PRODUCE
Growing Vegetables & Fruit 

Master Gardener Volunteer GROW GUIDE

​How to Dig a Vegetable Garden Bed, Soil Science & Preparation
Don Boekelheide


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North Carolina is a marvel with its 3 distinct planting times for growing vegetables. Spring, late summer, and early winter plantings provide an abundance of seasonal food right in your own backyard. Poster is a non-copyrighted image from the WPA Library of Congress.

​Resources for North Carolina Piedmont Region
Central North Carolina Planting Calendar for Annual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
NCSU Extension
​Container Garden Planting Calendar  for Edibles in the N.C. Piedmont
NCSU Extension
Peas for the Edible Landscape
Selecting, Cultivation, Enjoying
Don Boekelheide


Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Cool Season
Select these Top Varieties
Don Rosenberg


Vegetable Love, The Edible Landscape in January Time for Garden Planning 
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Don Boekelheide
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Summer
Select Top Growers
Don Rosenberg

Warm Season Vegetables & Fruits, Edible Landscape​
Don Boekelheide 
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A Tomato Primer
the Basics of Growing Tomatoes

Don Boekelheide

The Tomato Wars
Heirlooms Vs. Hybrids

Don Boekelheide
 
The Quest for the Perfect Tomato
Don Rosenberg
Seasonal Edible Layouts for Raised Bed Gardens
Margaret Genkins
Organic, Heirloom And Regular Seeds
What To Plant And Why
 
Don Rosenberg


Growing Lettuce 
Edible Landscape
Don Boekelheide

Growing Fall Greens
Edible Landscape
Don Boekelheide


Cover Crops & Garlic
Plant in October 
Don Boekelheide

Okra is More Than a Vegetable
Don Boekelheide


Sweet Potatoes & Yams
Don Boekelheide


A Hill of Beans in your Garden
Don Boekelheide 
Growing & Feeding Container Vegetables
Don Rosenberg

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