Growing Sources

Our unique selection of helpful sources to get growing or get better! 

There's a lot more out there - of course - but these are fairly reliable in most particulars. My short list of seed sellers, scroll down. No endorsements implied in this blog, no financial interests.
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Germination time & temps
http://www.heirloomseeds.com/germination.html
http://www.ourgardengang.com/Seedlings.htm

Seeding, growing chart
http://www.savvygardener.com/Features/veg_garden_calendar.html

How long till harvest
http://www.locavorenetwork.com/content/how-long-until-harvest

Gardening Calendar
http://organotill.org/calendar/

Vegetable Planting Guide and Recommended Planting Dates
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-331/426-331guide.html
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-331/426-331.pdf

Planting dates, plant spacing, time to maturity, etc.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/vegtips.html

Transplant Production many useful links to other sources also
http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/crops/vegetables/transplant_production.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS126

Intensive gardening methods
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/intensive.html

Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers book
http://www.growingformarket.com/store/products/115

Hoophouse production
http://www.growingformarket.com/categories/Hoophouse-production

Row Cover Roundup
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1988-03-01/Row-Cover-Varieties.aspx

Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/seasonext.html

Season Extension in Organic Vegetable Production Systems
http://www.extension.org/article/18366

Scheduling Vegetable Plantings for Continuous Harvest
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/continuousharvest.html
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/continuousharvest.pdf

Ripeness Guide
http://www.almanac.com/garden/vege/ripeness.php

Vegetable Yields
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/guide.html

When to Harvest Vegetables
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-216/welcome.html

Planting and Harvesting Guide for Piedmont Vegetables and Herbs
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/plantingguide.html

Market Gardening: A Start-up Guide
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/marketgardening.html
http://www.growingformarket.com/

http://farmersmarketcoalition.org/

http://www.dripworksusa.com/
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Here is my short-short list of seed/plant sources online
selected from my long-long list...

http://www.gourmetseed.com/
http://www.seedsofitaly.com/
http://growitalian.com/
http://www.ortoland.it/
http://www.ingegnoli.it/
http://www.italianseedandtool.com/
http://www.paganocostantino.it/engindex.htm
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
http://www.botanicalinterests.com/
http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/
http://www.dixondalefarms.com/
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
http://www.burpee.com/
http://rareseeds.com/
http://www.oikostreecrops.com/
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
http://www.comstockferre.com/
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
http://www.filareefarm.com/
http://www.fungiperfecti.com/
http://www.highmowingseeds.com
http://www.horizonherbs.com/
http://www.irish-eyes.com/
http://www.kitazawaseed.com/
http://www.nativeseeds.org/
http://www.seedsavers.org/
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/
http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/us/en
http://www.tomatofest.com/