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Informational Resources for Virginia Gardeners
Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 19, 2024
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Fall / Winter Gardening:
Recommended Books:
“Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles - Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C.,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. This book 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 Delaware Valley, in the Beltway, or anywhere else in the Mid-Atlantic United States, 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.
“Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook: Your Complete Guide: Select, Plan, Plant, Maintain, Problem-Solve - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. The book includes plant selection – ornamental landscape and edible plants – and “when-to” gardening maintenance information. Planting and growing information for edibles is also included, along with plant selections for the most common plant categories.
“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.
“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.
Organizations:
Places to Visit:
- Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello – 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA 22902
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – 1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA 23228
- Agecroft Hall – 4305 Sulgrave Road, Richmond, Virginia 23221
- Colonial Williamsburg – 101 Visitor Center Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23185
- Historic Mount Vernon – 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA 22309
- Potomac Overlook – 2845 N. Marcey Road Arlington, VA 22207
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