FOOD GARDENING

It is easy to grow your own vegetables weather in a container, your yard, a community garden plot or a on a large ranch property!

To have a successful garden just follow the seven basic rules of vegetable gardening: 

1. Plant only as much as you can easily maintain. 
2. Create a garden plan before you begin. 
3. Grow fruits and vegetables that produce high yields in the space available. 
4. Plant during the correct season for the crop you would like to grow. Select varieties recommended for your climate zone. 
5. Select a garden site that has at least 8 hours of full sun each day, avoid shaded locations. 
6. Prepare the soil and amend and fertilize as needed. 
7. Harvest fruits, vegetables and herbs at the correct stage of maturity.
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Questions? Send an email to mgfresno@ucanr.edu
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Vegetable Planting Guide  

Home Vegetable Gardening   

Plant a Row for the Hungry website for more information on this project.

We serve a diverse clientele including:

• Small-scale and diversified family farms
• Beginning, immigrant, and refugee farmers
• Growers of specialty crops not covered by traditional commodity-based extension programs

The Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative helps new gardeners start their own gardens quickly and easily in a container, in the backyard or at a community garden. Classes are held at various locations in the Los Angeles area. Find out more about the program here

Download the LA Master Gardeners Vegetable Gardening Handbook for Beginners in English or Spanish.

Take a look at their helpful gardening articles.