Recent Gardening Guides from CCG Managers:
CCGarden Fall Newsletter – Lots of tips for the Fall.
Fall Tomato Guide – Tailored expressly for CCGarden
Successful Fall Veggies Guide – What grows best in CCG in the Fall?
Successful Winter Veggies Guide – What grows best in CCG in the winter?
CCGarden Spring Newsletter – Get the latest tips for success.
Successful Spring Veggies Guide – What grows best in CCG in the spring?
Bug & Plant Disease Solutions – All-organic disease and bug control.
Marcia’s Homemade Pest & Disease Remedies – These work for her.
Chart of Nutrition Deficiencies – What minerals might be missing from your soil.
Crop Rotation Chart – An easy to understand schematic.
Extension Pamphlets for Florida Vegetable Gardening:
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- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide – NECESSARY READING – tells you what to plant when!!
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- Beneficial Insects – Get to know your friends in the garden!
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- Insect Management in the Home Garden – Here is a description of insects that are garden pests.
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- Integrated Pest Management WalletCard – Print it, fold it, keep in your wallet for instant advice.
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- Organic Gardening, Composting, Beekeeping, etc. – Great reading!
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- Power Point on COMPOSTING – More great reading!
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- Organic Soil Amendments – Helpful advice.
Get Help from Sarasota’s Master Gardeners:
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- Browse the Sarasota County Extension’s Calendar of Classes – Attend local, mostly free, workshops and courses
Links to helpful gardening sites around the web:
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- American Community Gardening Association – Individual membership is about $45. Learn, Connect, Take Action as an ACGA member.
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- Practical Advice for Attracting Native Pollinator Insects – (from Xerces Society) Find advice on choosing plants that offer nectar and pollen, host plants for caterpillars, and creating nest sites for solitary bees.
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- ATTRA’s tool to identify pests and their controls – Organic solutions only – Biorational – very cool!
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- Organic Gardening Tips – from Cornell University
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- Square Foot Gardening – refreshingly simple ideas
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- Raised bed garden ideas – Sunset magazine’s plans and instructions
Where to buy organic seeds, straw, etc:
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- Extensive Directory of LOCAL Farm and Garden Supplies in TransitionSarasota’s Bradenton to Port Charlotte Eat Local Guide
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- Stockyard LOCAL source for bales of straw (ca. $10), 1010 Cattleman, bet. Bahia Vista and Palmer Blvd.
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- Albritton’s Nursery 4151 Proctor Rd. LOCAL source for organic compost, Neem, and Thuricide.
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- Florida Native Plant Nursery a LOCAL source for organic seedlings
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- Green Leaf Worm Farm a LOCAL source for nightcrawlers, worm castings, & worm tea
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- Johnny’s Selected Seeds hundreds of different organic vegetable seed varieties
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- Tomato Growers Supply Co. Ft. Myers – tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, books
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- Harris Seeds online source for everything for the garden
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- Gardener’s Supply Co. tools, seedstarters, etc.
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- Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply sells all sorts of supplies and seeds
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- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange ‘Saving the Past for the Future’
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- Renee’s Garden heirloom and gourmet vegetable seeds
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- Seed Savers collects and distributes rare vegetable seeds
Support these vendors who support our community garden:
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- Lowe’s on Central Sarasota Parkway – donated our fire extinguisher, pipe fittings, and Trex
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- Brilliant Harvest – Bill Johnson & Ariel constructed our solar pumping system
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- Oasis Montana – designed our solar pumping system
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- Gorman’s Plumbing Supply – donated PVC pipes and fittings
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- Bloomings Landscape and Turf Management – donated PVC pipes and fittings
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- Broedell Plumbing Supply – donated all of our faucets and fittings
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- Ardaman Assoc. – donated cement cylinders for our cornerstones
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- Simply Trees of Venice FL – continues to give us free mulch!
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- Ruck Brothers Bricks – donated bricks and pavers
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- Desrosiers Interlocking Brick Pavers – donated bricks and pavers
Protective Clothing
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- FISHING HATS – On Amazon, they they cost about $25 and up.
Or shop at Economy Tackle, 6018 S Tamiami Trail, opposite Sarasota Memorial Park. They sell all sorts of sun protective clothing for men and women.
- FISHING HATS – On Amazon, they they cost about $25 and up.
