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Veggies

Veggies. Myths. Home-grown vegetables are cheaper than in the grocery Home-grown vegetables are more nutritious Home-grown vegetables have less pesticides. Why grow vegetables at home?. Why grow vegetables at home?. Freshness Texture. Why grow vegetables at home?. Freshness Texture.

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Veggies

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  1. Veggies

  2. Myths • Home-grown vegetables are cheaper than in the grocery • Home-grown vegetables are more nutritious • Home-grown vegetables have less pesticides

  3. Why grow vegetables at home?

  4. Why grow vegetables at home? • Freshness • Texture

  5. Why grow vegetables at home? • Freshness • Texture

  6. Vegetable Gardens • Raised beds (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/07842.html) Benefits? Materials?

  7. Intensive Gardening

  8. Intensive Gardening

  9. Most Common Vegetables • Sweet corn • Beans • Peas • Tomato • Lettuce • Squash • Peppers

  10. Sweet corn • Plant in blocks… not single rows!

  11. Beans • Pole or bush?

  12. Peas • Two seasons (spring and fall)

  13. Tomatoes • Staking needed! • Avoid over-fertilization!

  14. Lettuce • Two seasons (spring and fall) • Bolting

  15. Squash • Squash borer • Powdery mildew

  16. Peppers • Blossom end rot • Bacterial rot

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