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Informational Resources for North Carolina Gardeners
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Recommended Books:
“The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast,” by Ira Wallace. There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening – what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are decisions based on climate, weather, and first frost. Monthly planting guides show exactly what you can do in the garden from January through December. The skill sets go beyond the basics with tutorials on seed saving, worm bins, and more. This must-have book is for gardeners in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
“Carolinas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. Equips you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and—most importantly—harvest the delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Research Triangle, the Sandhills, the Outer Banks, or anywhere else in the Carolinas, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide . . . and they’ll be on your table before you know it.
“Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.
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Places to Visit:
- Cape Fear Botanical Garden – 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC 28305
- Coker Arboretum – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens – 651 Horn in the West Drive, Boone, NC 28607
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden – 6500 S. New Hope Road, Belmont, NC 28012
- Elizabeth Holmes Hurley Park – Annandale Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28145
- Historic Bath State Historic Site – Bath, NC 27808
- Historic Rosedale Plantation – 3427 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
- J. C. Raulston Arboretum – 4301 Beryl Road, Dept. of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
- Juniper Level Botanic Gardens – Plants Delight Nursery, 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, NC 27603
- New Hanover County Extension Service Arboretum – Oleander Drive near Greenville Loop Road, Wilmington, NC 28403
- North Carolina Arboretum – 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28816
- North Carolina Botanical Garden – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3375, Totten Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Old Salem – 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
- University of North Carolina at Asheville Botanical Gardens – 151 W. T. Weaver Blvd., Asheville, NC 28804
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens and Bird Sanctuary – 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223
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