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Iowa State Extension Materials

The following is a collection of downloadable pdfs which discuss soil health, vegetable gardening, weed management, filtering and recycling rain water, food safety, and composting. Feel free to download and print any and all of them for personal or community use. Here is a more detailed, ordered list:

  1. Quick Soil Guide
  2. Soil Quality Card
  3. Gardening Tips: Guidelines to Seasonal Chores
  4. Where to Put Your Vegetable Garden
  5. Weed Management in the Home Garden
  6. Starting Garden Transplants at Home
  7. Small Plot Vegetable Gardening
  8. Rain Gardens and Filtering and Recycling Water
  9. Planting and Harvesting Times for Garden Vegetables
  10. Planting Home Vegetable Gardens
  11. Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardens and Landscapes
  12. Container Vegetable Gardening
  13. Harvesting and Storing Vegetable
  14. Food Safety and Gardens
  15. Food Safety in Your School Garden
  16. Composting 101
  17. Composting Yard Waste
  18. Questions About Composting

Quick Soil GuideDownload
Soil Quality CardDownload
Garden Tips Guidelines to Seasonal ChoresDownload
Where to Put your Vegetable GardenDownload
Weed Management in the Home GardenDownload
Starting Garden Transplants at HomeDownload
Small Plot Vegetable GardeningDownload
Rain Gardens and Filtering and Recycling Rain WaterDownload
Planting and Harvesting Times for Garden VegetablesDownload
Planting Home Vegetable GardensDownload
Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardens and LandscapesDownload
Container Vegetable GardeningDownload
Harvesting and Storing VegetablesDownload
Food Safety and GardensDownload
Food Safety in Your School GardenDownload
Composting 101Download
Composting Yard WasteDownload
Questions about CompostingDownload

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