Tips and Tricks

Community Gardeners, individual gardeners, novice gardeners, and Master Gardeners can all find something of interest and assistance in these tip sheets. They were developed by Toledo GROWs staff to provide information for some of the most commonly asked questions about gardening.

Community Garden Resources

Toledo GROWs Community Garden Services
Defining a Community Garden
Resources for School Gardens
Starting a Community Garden
Tools for a Community Garden
School Garden Planting Schedule

Erin Mominee (pre-pandemic)

Best Practices - Building a Garden

Garden Planning
How to Build a Raised Bed
How to Build a Low Tunnel
Low Tunnel Cost
Soil Testing

Best Practices - Tending a Garden

Basic Fall Gardening
Basic Vegetable Garden Planting Tips
Basics of Direct Seed Sowing
Building Your Compost Pile
Calculating Mulch, Compost, Topsoil
Children’s Garden Themes
Gardening Apps

Gardening by the Seasons
Growing Herbs
Hardening and Mudding
Low Tunnel Planting
Maintaining a Productive Compost Area
Plant Spacing
Planting for a Family
Pollinator Plants for the Vegetable Garden
Purchasing Plants
Seed Germination and Viability

Seed Starting
Starting a Family Vegetable Garden
Taking the Garden from Summer to Fall
Vegetable Garden Plant Rotation
Watering Tips
Weed Strategies

Gardens Revitalize Our World

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