Maintaining the Vegetable Garden

Once you've planned and set up your vegetable gardening it's time to start a regular schedule of maintenance. Weeding, mulching, pest control and other chores are necessary for a bountiful harvest.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Gardening Calendar
• What Should I Be Doing in the Winter Vegetable Garden?
• Vegetable Gardening

UF/IFAS Publications

• Diseases in the Vegetable Garden Series
• Fertilizing the Garden
• Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Controlling Insects in the Veggie Garden
• Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
• Renovating Your Flower and Vegetable Gardens
• Vegetable Gardening: Introduction

Other Sites

• Care of the Vegetable Garden--Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Tennessee (PDF)
• Controlling Weeds by Cultivating and Mulching--Clemson (SC) Cooperative Extension
• How to Maintain a Vegetable Garden--Weekend Gardener
• How-to Video: Maintaining a Vegetable Garden--National Gardening Association
• Maintaining the Vegetable Garden--Colorado State University Extension
• Summer Care of the Home Vegetable Garden--Oklahoma Cooperative Extension (PDF)
• Watering the Vegetable Garden--Clemson (SC) Cooperative Extension