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Need vegetable gardening advice or have a question or problem? Use the menu on the left to find answers to your vegetable gardening problems. You'll get advise and tips about organic gardening, or using compost and manure, compared to mineral fertilizers. Our vegetable gardening expert will advise you on how to grow a great garden in any soil. And you'll get some great tips on effective watering and weeding to maximize your yield and gardening enjoyment - and much more!

Main Articles

• Background & Motivation of Moderator and Author

  Q.Mr. Kennard,I have read many, many articles and questions here at "The Food For Everyone Foundation" over the last year.  During all of this time I have wondered whet...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3540

• Choosing What to Plant

  Q. It is time for the annual sale of this year's seeds in the US. Could you give some ideas on what would be good to buy for planting next year?  I would like high ...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:5812

• Controlling Voles & Field Mice

  Q. My garden is located in the middle of an apple orchard, which also seems to be home to mice and voles. Last year we had a huge tomato crop from 300 plants in Mittleider bed...

  Last Modified:2006-08-31Number of views:6237

• Create Your Own "Mini-Website"! It's Free and Easy To Do!

  YOU can have your own mini-website, called a Lens, and share your interests and expertise with the world.  IT's FREE!  And it's simple to do.   A major pl...

  Last Modified:2006-11-08Number of views:2491

• Free Greenhouse Plans

  I've owned commercial-built greenhouses, and I have built and owned some from scratch. I believe the one I have now is about the best you can get for the money - for several ...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:7776

• Greenhouse Kits? Tillers? Fertilizer Availability? Learn to Grow?

  Q.  1. What is your view of the less expensive greenhouses that can be purchased as kits? i.e. "Hoop Houses" and the like. Are these valuable tools for vegetable garden...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:5073

• Growing in Uganda, Africa - What will grow?

  Q.  I am moving to Uganda for four years and would like to know which vegetable and herbs I will be able to grow there. The tropical climate is moderated by altitude.&nbs...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4222

• Help Us Share the Knowledge of Vegetable Gardening with Others!

  Dear Friend:  Thanks for taking the time to read these articles.  I sincerely hope they are helpful to you and those you love.   My whole desire in running th...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3481

• How Can I Get All The Minerals I Need In My Diet?

  Q.  You have convinced me - as well as anyone else who has gardened using the Mittleider Method - of the importance of minerals for optimum plant health and productivity....

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4417

• How Not to Repeat Last Year's Bad Gardening Experience

  Q.  First of all I mixed up my lids (on the storage containers) and think I remember that the Pre-Plant is the brown and the Weekly Feed is white... Corr...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3529

• Know When Where, and How to Grow Every Vegetable in Your Garden

  Q.  I'm making a bed for pepper. When do I plant, and how close together do you grow pepper plants? I tried to find the answer in the Mittleider Gardening Library...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4309

• Mittleider Magic Advice & Tips

  Welcome to Mittleider Gardening Magic advice and tips! I’m excited to be sharing the wisdom of “the world’s greatest vegetable gardener.” I've been a Mittleider gardener e...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3318

• Organic or Chemical - Maybe we're Organic!!

  Great News for Organic Enthusiasts!(And everyone else who’s concerned about growing healthy food) We all want to be healthy! And to do this, we need to eat healthy produce fr...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4565

• Organic or Chemical Feeding of Plants

  A fundamental question in vegetable gardening is - what is the proper use of organic and/or chemical materials?  Let’s determine the truth of the matter, with four ba...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4338

• The Zoo-Doo Man

  For 17 years I have owned a 3/4 acre parcel adjacent to Utah's Hogle Zoo, where I have grown a vegetable garden using The Mittleider Method as taught in many of the devel...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:5213

• Time for Planting - Seeds and Seedlings

  Q.  I live in the southern tier of New York.  When do I plant the seeds? A.  It depends on two things:  1) the type of plant you are planting, and 2)...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:4048

• Utah's Hogle Zoo Garden - Where is it?

  Q.  Is the garden by Hogle Zoo still going?  Exactly where is it?  How can I get help to build my own garden?  A.  The Mittleider Method garden adja...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:2840

• What Size Garden Will Feed 20 People?

  Q.  Given a southern Indiana location, how many square feet of garden would I need to feed ten adults and nine children? A.  The answer depends on what you want to ...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3760

• Why doesn't my swiss chard grow large and green? Collard greens in my garden are huge. Perhaps I do not thin out the plants, and they are too crowded?

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  Last Modified:2009-01-02Number of views:16

• You Can Teach the Mittleider Method ! Give Seminars Using The Foundation's Materials.

  The Tremendous body of knowledge that is the Mittleider Method needs to be spread to every family who is a candidate for growing a vegetable garden!  Do you agree?  ...

  Last Modified:2006-12-09Number of views:3678

Last 15 Articles

• Worldwide Need for These Proven Methods

  Q. A Mittleider gardener recently brought the following article to my attention. It talks about the need to update the methods of growing food worldwide. http://news.bbc.co....

  Last Modified: 2009-01-06Number of views: 1

• How To Eliminate Snails & Slugs From the Garden

  Q. Our garden has slugs! About the time the tomatoes started getting blossoms the slugs started feasting! I tried many methods to get rid of them - cornmeal in a jar, e...

  Last Modified: 2009-01-01Number of views: 23

• Winter Tree Pruning Tips - by Mike McGroarty

  Now is the time to prune many of the trees in your yard. They are dormant now and don't mind being pruned at all. 1. Start on the inside of the tree. Remove any dead wo...

  Last Modified: 2008-12-30Number of views: 22

• Instructions for Creating & Planting a Garden #1

  Preliminary Steps – Lesson I (Using Jim Kennard's 2009 Alabama garden as a model) 1. Determine how much space you want, then how much you HAVE that receives all-day sunsh...

  Last Modified: 2008-12-22Number of views: 36

• Instruction of creating a family garden

  I will be creating a garden near Birmingham, Alabama over the next 3 months, and each step will be recorded in pictures, video, and with a written dialog. For those of you ...

  Last Modified: 2008-12-19Number of views: 44

• World's Best Colloidal Compost

  I read today about an amazing product that may be really worthwhile. Here's the teaser: "What's the Ultimate Health Giving Secret of Plant Feeding? The One That ...

  Last Modified: 2008-11-23Number of views: 142

• Micro-Nutrients Sold By the Foundation - How Much Weekly Feed Will it Make?

  Q. If I grow in 4 ' X 4' raised beds, each micro elements pouch - mixed in recommended ratio to make the Weekly Feed formula - will be enough for how many feedings of a 4'...

  Last Modified: 2008-11-18Number of views: 140

• Why do Healthy Plants Suddenly Wither & Die?

  Q. I live in the panhandle of Florida and have grown some great cabbage in the past. It seems my plants are withering and dying for no apparent reason. they're pretty big pl...

  Last Modified: 2008-11-23Number of views: 119

• Grow-Box Preparation for Winter

  Q. Now that growing season is drawing to a close, how can we prepare our Grow-Boxes for winter? What are the best ways to cover them or protect them without having to move th...

  Last Modified: 2008-10-24Number of views: 238

• Growing Sweet Corn Successfully in the Family Garden

  After tomatoes, sweet corn may be the most popular crop grown in many family gardens. However, as popular as it is, growing corn presents some difficult choices, mostly hav...

  Last Modified: 2008-10-09Number of views: 218

• Avoiding Cross-Pollination of Different Varieties of Corn

  Q. I want to grow some of the different colored corn. The seed package says to isolate. How far from the other corn does this have to be to avoid cross pollination? A....

  Last Modified: 2008-10-09Number of views: 234

• Strawberries - Planting and Care for Maximum Harvests

  The best berries and the best production come from plants that were new the previous year. Generally, space your plants 12 in. apart and feed and water according to the M...

  Last Modified: 2008-10-06Number of views: 251

• One Hectatr Market Garden - Questions on Getting Started

  Q. I have contacted you before about a farm in Vietnam to provide food and some income for a small hamlet in coastal Vietnam. I feel the Mittleider method will far outprod...

  Last Modified: 2008-10-05Number of views: 246

• One Hectare Market Garden - More Questions

  I have a few other questions: 1. What about a balanced harvest? Rather than all of one item becoming available at one time - consistently having a certain amount of vegetab...

  Last Modified: 2008-10-05Number of views: 260

• Is This Gardening Method Organic?

  Q. Where can I get information that tells how the Mittleider Method is considered organic? A. Opinions on whether or not the Mittleider Method is organic run the gamut. ...

  Last Modified: 2008-09-15Number of views: 326

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