Southbury Community Garden

Gardening Links

Growing in Small Spaces

• How to Plant a Square-Foot Garden
• Small-Space Gardening

Insect control

• Make Your Own Bug Sprays
• Natural Garden Pest Control

Invasive Jumping Worms

• Invasive Jumping Worms
• Jumping Worm Update
• Jumping/Crazy/Snake Worms-– Amynthas spp.
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Jumping Worms Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Asian Jumping Worms: A Homeowner's Guide
• Invasive Jumping Worms - Claymation (video)
• Jumping Worm Research Update by Dr Lee Frelich (video)
• Plant Sales and Jumping Worms
• Plant Sale Guidelines to Minimize the Chance of Jumping Worm Spread (PDF)
• Cleaning Roots to Prevent Jumping Worms (video)
• Cleaning Roots for Jumping Worms (video)
• Asian Jumping Worms: A New Wave of Worm Invaders Threatening Temperate Forests

Organic Fertilizer

• Free, Homemade Liquid Fertilizers (Mother Earth News)

Plan Your Garden

• Kitchen Garden Planner
• Seed Starting Dates (In our Zone the last frost date is around May 15)

Soil Testing Information

• Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Soil Testing
• UCONN Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory

Vegetable Gardening - Miscellaneous Tips

• Introduction to Edible Landscaping
• Vegetable Gardening