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Informational Resources for West Virginia Gardeners

Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 19, 2024
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West Virginia University Extension

• West Virginia Master Gardeners
• Home and Commercial Vegetable Gardening Links
• “Production and Handling of Fruits and Vegetables” (PDF)
• “Native West Virginia Foods for Backyard Gardeners” (PDF)

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:

• West Virginia Garden Club
• West Virginia Native Plant Society

Places to Visit:

• Earl L. Core Arboretum – West Virginia University, Monongahela Blvd, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Cranberry Glades Botanical Area – Location: 38.203147 Latitude, -80.265797 Longitude
• West Virginia Botanic Garden – 1061 Tyrone Road, Morgantown, WV 26508

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