Amanda – Vegetables
Vegetable Gardening Sources
ACES:
The Alabama vegetable gardener
Basics of Integrated Pest Management
Blossom-end rot in tomatoes: Causes and prevention
Common tomato problems
Crop rotation: An essential part of planning a home garden
Garden bugs: Insect pest management in home vegetable gardens
Garden problem guide
Interesting hornworms: Beautiful caterpillars, a pest, and a parasitoid reservoir
Keys to selecting and producing quality vegetable transplants
Planting guide for home gardening in Alabama
Proper Use of Approved Insecticides in Organic Farming Systems
Pruning fresh-market tomatoes
Raised bed gardening
Rejuvenating okra: Producing two crops from one planting
Smart irrigation & water management: A cornerstone of sustainable IPM in vegetable production
Soil solarization for control of nematodes and soil borne diseases
Soil temperature conditions for vegetable seed germination
Tomato insect pests and scouting methods
Tomato planting basics
Tomato variety selection
Worms on tomatoes
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension:
Home gardening (Bulletin 577)
Good watering practices help keep tomatoes healthy
Beneficials/pollinators: Introduction to beneficials
Fall vegetable garden ideas
So, you’ve planted a garden. Now what?
Vegetable garden calendar
UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences:
Vegetables Resources https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/topic/vegetables/
Using cover crops in the home garden https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/C1057/using-cover-crops-in-the-home-garden/
Cover crops for the Southeast https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60100500/SlideSets/SS01.pdf
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, “Managing tomato diseases, disorders, and pests.” https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/managing-tomato-diseases-disorders-and-pests [This site offers many helpful links about growing tomatoes.]
Bradley, Fern Marshall. Rodale’s vegetable garden problem solver: The best and latest advice for beating pests, diseases, and weeds and staying a step ahead of trouble in the garden. New York: Rodale, 2007.
Cranshaw, Whitney. Garden insects of North America: The ultimate guide to backyard bugs. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
Ellis, Barbara W. & Fern Marshall Bradley (eds). The organic gardener’s handbook of natural insect and disease control: A complete problem-solving guide to keeping your garden and yard healthy without chemicals. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.
Hylton, William H. (ed) The Rodale herb book: How to use, grow, and buy nature’s miracle plants. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 1974.
Little, Brenda. The encyclopedia of vegetable gardening. Silverleaf Press, 2006.
Newcomb, Duane. Growing vegetables the big yield/small space way. J.P Tarcher, Inc. 1981.
Reeves, Walter, & Felder Rushing. Guide to Alabama vegetable gardening. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press, 2007.
Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers Group. Southeastern U.S. 2026 Vegetable Crop Handbook. Available for purchase at thriftbooks.com.
Wallace, Ira. Vegetable gardening in the Southeast. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2013.
Amanda’s email: amandawborden@gmail.com
Lee – Fruit
Links (arranged in order of their mention in the presentation):
SoilWeb. Fascinating info, and in my experience surprisingly accurate. https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/. It will look impenetrable the first time you go there, which is why I suggest you start with this video or one like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcMjNrMHwJ4
Video on planting a blueberry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTwlLI_DRQ
Video on planting a persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edTsw3WZHnU
Video on planting a pear tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9h3XTbTV7Y
Info from ACES on chilling hours: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/crop-production/fruit-culture-in-alabama-winter-chilling-requirements/
How to prune a blackberry in the off-season: https://tinyurl.com/44rcezdm
Alabama guide for growing blackberries: https://tinyurl.com/34yysvx5