Getting Started with Gardening

Resource Category Topic Type
Food Pantry Donations from Home Gardeners
Produce from home gardens can be a good source of fruits and vegetables for individuals who rely on food pantries as a source of food. Use this checkl...
Food Safety Fact Sheet
Cover Cropping for the Home Garden [fact sheet]
This fact sheet provides an overview of the most common reasons to use cover crops at home and lays out the most successful options for gardeners in N...
Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens Fact Sheet
Community Garden Virtual Binder
There's a lot to know in planting a garden, whether it is your own, a community garden or a school garden. Below are links to several fact sheets...
Community Gardening, Yard & Garden
NH Community Garden Network and Map
Map of community gardens in New Hampshire to build a network for sharing information among gardeners and organizers. Survey for community garden organ...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden, New Hampshire Master Gardeners, Community Gardening Agriculture & Gardens, Natural Resources
Preparing a Vegetable Garden Site
This fact sheet will provide the basics of how to make a new vegetable garden, starting with site selection, and then covering soil testing, preparing...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Starting Plants From Seed [fact sheet]
Introduction<br /> <br /> Gardeners can grow most annuals, biennials, and many herbaceous perennials from seed. Sowing seed is less expensive than b...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Starting a Community Garden in NH: From the Ground Up
Looking to start a new community garden? Click on the Download Resource button above to access a publication written by NH Master Gardeners on communi...
Community Gardening, Yard & Garden
Growing Vegetables In Containers [fact sheet]
Growing vegetables in containers is an enjoyable and easy way of producing fresh food in limited space. Containerized plants can be kept indoors in br...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Growing Vegetables: When to Plant Your Vegetable Garden [fact sheet]
The information below, and in a printable table, will help you to determine the best time to start your seeds.<br /> <br /> You must first, determin...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens