Jump to: Gardening Basics for Everyone | Canning & Food Preservation | Local Gardening and Food Resources | Dealing with Lead Contamination

Gardening Basics for Everyone

• Vegetable Planting Guide for Columbia, MO
• Gardening videos from the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture
• As part of the mission of a land-grant institution, the University of Missouri has lots of information and resources for the gardener available through Outreach and Extension.
• Seed planting calendar, a rundown of cool/warm season vegetables, a spacing guide for denser planting in raised bed gardens and other gardening guidesheets from Kansas City Community Gardens
• Home gardening help from the Missouri Botanical Garden
• GardenGuides is a commercial site with helpful resources for the garden.
• Learn about organic gardening practices with MU Extension’s guide to “Organic Vegetable Gardening Techniques” or with articles from Grow Organic.
• The USDA has resources on their site for gardeners.
• The National Gardening Association
• Library books on gardening:
  • Small Farm, Big Garden booklist
  • Container & Small Space Gardening booklist
  • Farmer’s Market Cookbooks list

Canning & Food Preservation

• MU Extension Food Preservation information, workshops and resources
• Complete Guide to Home Canning
• National Center for Home Food Preservation

Local Gardening and Food Resources

• Boone County Farmer’s Market
• Columbia Farmer’s Market
  & the SNAP matching programs
• Columbia Garden Club
• Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture
• Dept. of Conservation field guide to Missouri plants & animals
• Discovery Garden Club
• Missouri Food Finder — discover local food sources.
• Grow Native encourages landscaping with plants native to Missouri
• Heart of Missouri Master Gardeners
• Missouri Farm to School
• Sustain Mizzou
• Gateway Greening is a community gardening group in St. Louis.

Dealing with Lead Contamination

• University of Minnesota Extension on lead contamination
• Lead Safety for the Home Gardener – MSU
• Oregon State University: Should I Worry About Heavy Metals in My Gardening Soil?
• Washington State Department of Ecology: Gardening and landscaping in lead & arsenic poisoned soils