Vegetable Gardening: Introduction

A vegetable hand-picked from your own garden tastes better than anything you can buy in a store. And here in Florida, home gardeners can grow vegetables all year long. The most important thing when beginning is to pay close attention to planting dates.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Gardening Calendar
• North Central Florida Monthly Vegetable Gardening Calendar
• Solutions: Vegetable Gardening
• Vegetable Gardening Design and Tips
• Vegetable Gardening in South Central Florida
• Vegetable Gardening in Southwest Florida

UF/IFAS Publications

• Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
• Vegetables A–Z

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Controlling Insects in the Vegetable Garden
• Cool Season Vegetables
• Fall Vegetable Gardening
• Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
• Grow Your Own Potatoes
• Growing Potatoes in Perlite
• Hanging Vegetable Gardens
• Heirloom Vegetables
• Indoor Edible Gardening
• Maintaining the Vegetable Garden
• Ornamental Vegetables
• Renovating Your Vegetable and Flower Gardens
• Spring Vegetable Gardens
• Starting Vegetable Gardens from Seed
• Succession Planting of Vegetables
• The Summer Vegetable Garden
• Summer Vegetables
• Vegetable Bolting
• Vegetable Diseases
• Vegetable Garden Transplants
• Vegetable Gardening with Raised Beds
• Watering the Vegetable Garden

Other Sites

• The Alabama Vegetable Gardener--Alabama Cooperative Extension Services (PDF)
• Growing Vegetables Introduction--Mississippi State University Extension Service
• Home Gardening: Vegetables--Louisiana State University AgCenter
• Planning a Vegetable Garden--Clemson (SC) Extension
• Vegetable Gardening in Georgia--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension