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Short-Season Vegetable Gardening (PDF) - Written for the Pacific NW
but many principles apply.
Recommended Books:
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Fresh
from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in
Cold Climates - by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the
tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold
climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you
extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs,
right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and
helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and
harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a
clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables
and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!
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Gardening
When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times
- by Steve Solomon. This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.
Organizations:
Places to Visit:
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Cofrin Memorial Arboretum -
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive,
Green Bay, WI 54311
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Green Bay Botanical Garden - 2600 Larsen Road,
Green Bay, WI
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Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary & Arboretum
- 880 Green Bay Road (Highway 31), Kenosha, WI 53144
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Memorial Park Arboretum and Gardens/Scheig Learning Center
- Appleton Memorial Park, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd., Appleton,
WI 54911
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Olbrich Botanical Gardens - 3330 Atwood Avenue,
Madison, WI 53704
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Old World Wisconsin - S103 W37890
Highway 67, Eagle, WI 53119
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Paine Art Center and Arboretum
- 1410 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901
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University of Wisconsin Arboretum and Longenecker Gardens
- 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI 53711
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University of
Wisconsin-Madison Spooner Agricultural Research Station Demonstration Garden
- W6646 Highway 70, Spooner, WI 54801
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