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Our "grow your own veggie at home" pages are from the University
of Ohio's fact sheets from their website. If you live in Ohio or in the area of Ohio you can use the recommendations on those
pages.
If you live elsewhere, please click on the following links
that best describe your geographic location. You can sign up for their monthly newsletter for free to be sent to you e-mail!
Family fun.... Click on the links
below to find wonderful ideas for first gardens as family projects! Gardening as a family activity can promote
opportunities to explain good nutrition, quality family time, exercise importance, as well as the opportunity to share secrets,
hidden emotions & feelings between parent & child.... think seriously about how gardening can enrich your lifestyle.....
My First Pumpkin Patch....
My First Sunflower Site!
For Year Round Carrots... Visit - Carrot Tops!
It's The Pits!.....Easy
Avocadoes
thank you to disney.com's family fun for these great links!
there's a quote about a fish that could pertain
to gardening as well....
you can give a child a carrot & you'll feed
him for a day
you can teach a child to grow a garden &
you'll feed him for a lifetime...
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VEGETABLE |
TYPE OF CONTAINER |
RECOMMENDED VARIETIES |
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Beans, Snap |
5 gallon
Window
Box |
Bush types such as: blue lake, contender & Montpellier |
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Beans, Lima |
5 gallon
Window
Box |
White Dixie Wonder |
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Beets |
5 gallon
Window
Box |
Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red |
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Broccoli |
1 plant=
5 gallon pot
3 plants=
15 gallon tub |
Super Blend, Italian Green Sprouting |
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Brussels Sprouts |
1 plant=
5 gallon pot
2 plants=
15 gallon tub |
Evesham |
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Cabbage |
1 plant=
5 gallon pot
3 plants=
15 gallon tub |
Discovery |
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Chinese Cabbage |
1 plant=
5 gallon pot
3 plants=
15 gallon tub |
Michihli |
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Carrot |
5 gal. Window
Box
minimum 12" deep |
Short & Sweet, Danvers Half Long, Tiny Sweet, Baby Finger Nantes, Goldenhart,
Little Finger, Royal or Red Cored Chantenay, Ox Hart, Baby Finger |
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Cucumber |
1 plant=
Gallon pot |
Patio Pik, Spacemaster, Pot Luck, Bush Whopper, Bush Champion, Burpee Hybrid,
Salad Bush, Parks Burpless Bush, Burpless Early Pik |
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Eggplant |
3 gallon pot |
Slim Jim, Ichiban, Black Beauty, Modern Midget, Mission Bell, Small Ruffled
Red, Thai Green, Bambino |
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Garlic |
8 deep container |
Most Varieties |
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Lettuce |
5 gallon Window
Box |
Salad Bowl, Ruby, Grand Rapids, Oak Leaf, Buttercrunch, Dark Green Boston,
Little Gem, Bibb |
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Onion |
5 gal. Window
Box |
White Sweet Spanish, Yellow Sweet Spanish |
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Pepper |
1 plant=
2 gallon pot
5 plants=
15 gallon tub |
Sweet Banana, Yolo Wonder, Long Red Cayenne, Bell Boy, Keystone Resistant,
California Wonder, New Ace, Red Cherry, Long Red Cayenne, Jalapeno, Thai Hot |
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Radish |
5 gallon Window
Box |
Cherry Belle, Icicle, Champion, Scarlet Globe |
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Spinach |
5 gallon Window
Box |
Dark Green Bloomsdale, Melody, America, Avon Hybrid |
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Squash |
2 gallon pot |
Scallopini, Baby Crookneck, Creamy, Golden Nugget, Gold Rush, Zucchini
(most varieties) |
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Tomatoes |
Bushel baskets
5 gallon pots |
Tiny Tim, Small Fry, Sweet 100, Patio, Burpee's Pixie, Toy Boy, Early Girl,
Better Boy VFN, Pixie, Red Robin, Sugar Lump, Tumblin' Tom (hanging baskets) |
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carrots, brocolli, cauliflower,bell peppers, tomatoes,lettuce, beets, eggplant
very informative & helpful websites
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you can find information on this site for
your specific geographic area... sign up by clicking the appropriate geographic regions for their monthly newsletter to be
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this is a forum for people all over the world to leave messages
for others to read about different topics on gardening - i've spent hours reading different messages because once you get
started ...well try it out yourself!
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