Growing Organic Vegetables

Everything You Need to Know for Growing Organic Vegetables

Growing vegetables for your own use is both fun and healthy. With your own organic vegetable garden you can finally take back control over what is going into your body and have fun doing it. Growing organic vegetables 'now' will place you way ahead of the coming organic garden revolution.

I've compiled organic gardening information "Growing Fact Sheets" for most of the commonly grown home vegetables in gardens throughout the world. I will be adding more over time. Use this index to find the vegetable you want to grow in your organic garden.

Growing Organic Vegetables Index List

I've classified vegetables based on use and botany.

Note: Planting time codes:
SP = Spring
SU=Summer
FA=Fall
All times refer to "After danger of killing frost." Some areas of killing frost might be later or earlier in your area. And some areas may not have any frosts.
* Old Farmer's Almanac US Last frost chart - A chart listing the average last frost date for key cities in every state in the US.
* Old Farmer's Almanac Canada Last frost chart - A chart listing the average last frost date for key cities in every Province in  Canada.
* Detailed information on Australian climate zones can be found at the
* Australian Bureau of Meteorology website.
* An overview of New Zealand climate zones can be found at the
NIWA Science website.
* United Kingdom - temperate/cool
* United Kingdom - temperate/warm

Bulb

    Bunching Onions
    Garlic
    Leeks
    Onions
    Shallots
    Torpedo Onions

Cole

All are members of Bassisca family or related crops.
    Broccoli
    Brussels Sprouts
    Cabbage
    Cauliflower
    Chinese Cabbage

Cucurbits

    Crookneck Squash
    Cucumbers
    Melons
    Patty Pan Squash
    Pumpkins
    Watermelon
    Winter Squash
    Zucchini Squash

Fleshy Fruits

    Bell Peppers
    Cayenne Peppers
    Eggplant
    Okra
    Tomatoes

Grains

    Sweet Corn

Perennials

Those plants that grow back year after year for three or more years.
    Asparagus
    Basil
    Rhubarb

Legume

    Bush Beans
    Bush Lima Beans
    Bush Peas
    Pole Beans
    Pole Lima Beans
    Pole Peas

Roots

    Fleshy taproot
        Beets
        Black Salsify
        Burdock
        Carrots
        Celery
        Cylindra Beets
        Horseradish
        Mangels
        Parsnips
        Radishes
        Rutabagas
        Salsify
        Turnips

    Lateral root
        Potatoes
        Jerusalem Artichoke
        Sweet Potatoes

Salad and Greens

    Collard Greens
    Head Lettuce
    Kale
    Kohlrabi
    Leaf Lettuce
    Mustard Greens
    New Zealand Spinach
    Parsley
    Spinach
    Swiss Chard

Why Growing Organic Vegetables is Important

• Very few of us know where the vegetables in our supermarkets come from. Are they safe? How much pesticides and herbicides were the vegetables exposed to?
• The increasing cost of fuel will increase the cost of vegetables due to higher shipping and farming costs.
• Will we trust Mega corporations to feed us safely and nutritionally in the future?
• When we buy Organic products in the market – are they really organic?

Vegetable Seed and Plant Resources
Organic Gardening Information eStore
	Gurney's Seed and Nursery providing you with fruits, vegetables and flowers since 1820. They have many very good planting and care guides. Check out the wide variety of vegetable seeds in their catalogue..
	From asparagus to zucchini, Henry Field's is a great place to go to fill your garden with nutritious, home-grown produce. Novice and expert gardeners alike love our large selection of premium, high-yield vegetable seed packets and seed starters. Check out the wide variety of vegetable seeds in their catalogue..
	A huge selection of seeds at Amazon.comfor growing organic vegetables.

Cool vegetable resource site! Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada - This is a wonderful charitable organization dedicated to the health and vitality of the earth through the preservation and promotion of heritage seeds. They are committed to maintaining, evaluating and keeping records for all the edible, medicinal and useful crops that can be grown in Canada. This would be a great resource site for organic gardeners in similar U.S. climates.

Cool site! Wow! Everything you ever wanted to know about Rhubarb. Savor The Rhubarb is a guide to harvesting a healthy Rhubarb garden and learning how to prepare and serve great Rhubarb dishes.

Cool site! Fantastic! Roses are the prefect addition to a vegetable garden. Rose Gardening Made Easy is a thorough guide to growing healthy Roses in your garden-ORGANICALLY! It provides creative ideas for gardening with roses, lots of pictures and information about the flowering habits.

Cool site! Grandma is all about saving money and natural or organic things. Pennypinching Grandma is required for survival in any day and age. Many people don't realize that growing organic vegetables, in most cases, is less expensive than they think..this site proves that!

Cool site! Do It Your Self - Home Vegetable Garden - Here's another great site that shows you how to grow all the vegetables that you and your family can eat right from your very own home garden.

Cool site! Grow it - then eat it raw! - Raw Food Living - Are you looking for a healthy way to lose weight, increase your energy, or just feel good? Raw Food Living shows you how to easily incorporate more raw fruits and vegetables into your diet to achieve optimum health.