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Events
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Resources
Gardening Resources
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Urban Agriculture Technical Assistance and Site Visits
Past HcGn Meetings
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COVID-19 Resource for Community Gardens
Garden Resources
Conservation Practices for the Garden
Cover Crops
Intro to Cover Crops for Urban Gardens (HCSWCD)
Cover Crops and Soil Health - MCSWCD Presentation Slides (2017-07-25 Version)
Marion County SWCD - Cover Crop Mixes and Rotations
Cover Crop Schedule for Indiana
(HCSWCD)
Overseeding Oats and Crimson Clover as a Cover Crop in a Vegetable Garden
(HCSWCD)
Overseeding Oats as a Cover Crop in a Vegetable Garden
(HCSWCD)
Other
Basic No-Till Garden Recipe
(NRCS, Sheila O'Reilly)
Best Practices for Health in the Garden
(HCSWCD)
Composting Basics
(Mother Hubbard's Cupboard)
Increasing Winter Soil Temperatures: How Gardeners Can Respond
(HCSWCD)
NRCS Carbon Nitrogen
Organic Material that Can Be Used to Build a No-Till Garden
(NRCS, Sheila O'Reilly)
Plant rotation in the Garden Based on Plant Families
(PennState Extension) Building Soil Organic Matter (SOM)
Soil Health Resources
Winter Preparation: Put your garden to bed!
(HCSWCD)
Updated: 7/27/2020
Material Resources: Top Soil and Compost Resources
Topsoil and Compost Sources and Costs within Hamilton County
(HCSWCD)
Weed Management
Identifying Seedlings
(so that you don't pull them!) (HCSWCD)
Introduction to Weed Management
(HCSWCD)
Deepening Our Appreciation of Poison Ivy, Identifying, and Eliminating
(HCSWCD)
Indicator Weeds and Weed Management
(PowerPoint Presentation - HCSWCD - Updated 5/3/2017)
Likely Indicator Weeds for Gardens of Hamilton County, IN
(PDF - HCSWCD - Edition 1, Updated 5/3/2017)
Fruit and Vegetable Growing
Beginners Guide to Growing Strawberries in Your Garden
(HCSWCD)
Containing Mint
(HCSWCD)
Cool Season Vegetables for Central Indiana
(HCSWCD)
Grow Potatoes in a Bucket
(The Great Grub Club)
Growing Indiana Vegetables in the Shade
(HCSWCD)
Indiana: Vegetable Planting Calendar
(Urban Farmer)
Rhubarb, Everything you ever wanted to know
(Rhubarb-Central)
Vegetables for Alkaline Soils
(HCSWCD)
Vegetable Garden Quality, Yield, and Savings comparisons
Blackberry, Raspberry, Grape, and Blueberry Care Instructions
(Arbor Day Foundation)
Fruit and Vegetable Care
Peach Care
(National Gardening Association)
Misshapen (Deformed) Cucumbers
(HCSWCD)
Pest and Disease
About Insecticidal Soaps
Link 1
and
Link 2
Brown Rot (caused by Monilinia fructicola) on Stone Fruits
(Purdue Extension)
Cytospora Canker of Stone Fruits
- Care, planning, and removal (Penn State)
Cytospora Canker
(Fort Collins Tree Care)
Identifying Caterpillars Eating Your Tomatoes
Integrated Management of Strawberry Diseases
(The Ohio State University)
Managing Pests in Home Fruit Plantings
(Purdue Extension, ID-146-W)
Managing Pests with Healthy Soil
(SARE)
Organic Control of Tomato Hornworms
Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Rhubarb Diseases
(Rhubarb-Central)
White Flies
Leaf Spot (
Planet Natural Research Center)
Leaf Spot on Tomato
(Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
Raised Beds
Hugelkultur, About
Raised Bed Ideas
(Notey.com)
Raised Beds, Components of
(HCSWCD)
Raised Beds, Introduction to
(HCSWCD)
Raised Beds, Wall Assembly and Fasteners for
(HCSWCD)
Container Gardening
Container Garden Basics for Indoors and Outdoors
(HCSWCD - Updated 5/3/2019)
Other
A Soil Healthy Lawn to Garden Method
(HCSWCD)
Certified Arborists
National Pesticide Information Center
Updated: 03/25/2020
Other Links
Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District
American Community Gardening Association
USDA
Environmental Education in Tennessee
Vermont Community Garden Network
North American Association for Environmental Education
Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory