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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!

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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:2686
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:4801
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:5082
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:1679
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:6530
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:4029
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:3431
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:2707
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:3621
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:2762
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:3376
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:2145
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:3838
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:3566
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:4291
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:3362
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:2054
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:2394
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:2909

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Fertilizers Getting Wet & Sticky - What To Do?
Q. We have 3 Grow-Boxes that are 18" x 30' and 3 boxes 4' x 30'. A local company mixed the fertilizer to 16-16-16 and we used this to make up the Weekly Feed, using ...

Last Modified: 2008-05-04Number of views: 49
Plant Spacing - Recommended
In the learn section of the Food for Everyone website, they include a chart of common vegetable spacing. http://foodforeveryone.org/garden_genius/94/ I will list that sc...

Last Modified: 2008-05-04Number of views: 68
Build Grow-Boxes Out of Cement Blocks?
Q. Do you have any information that would discourage using cement blocks to build the grow boxes? A. Nothing serious. They take up aisle space, cost more than woo...

Last Modified: 2008-05-02Number of views: 76
Small-Plot INtensive gardening - First Look
Q. I am looking at several options in gardening and hope you can clarify something - I am mainly looking at the Mittleider and the SPIN Farming www.spinf...

Last Modified: 2008-04-25Number of views: 79
Non-Standard Size Grow-Box - Filling and Fertilizing
Q. I have built 2- 4'X4' grow boxes that are 10" deep. I purchased on the Food for Everyone website 2 8 oz.packages of the micronutients. For 1 package I plan to mix my ...

Last Modified: 2008-04-09Number of views: 177
Is the Mittleider Method Organic? You Decide.
Q. "Is this method OMRI approved. I was told at Steve Regan it was not organic. Please enlighten me." Patricia A. I've written quite a few articles - in the archiv...

Last Modified: 2008-04-08Number of views: 131
Controlling Mildew on Squash
If you should get mildew on your squash leaves, trim all affected leaves from the plant and do one of the following. Spray the non affected leaves (after trimming bad leave...

Last Modified: 2008-04-07Number of views: 103
Why Grow a Garden? How to Have the Very Best!
Have you ever considered growing your own food? ”Are you kidding?? Why would I even think about growing a garden? I’m much too busy earning a living!” Let me give you ...

Last Modified: 2008-04-07Number of views: 173
Baling Twine for guiding vertical plants
Some folks worry about the cost of buying a large roll of baling twine. Because it contains something like 9,800 feet of twine they are concerned that most of it will be wast...

Last Modified: 2008-04-07Number of views: 152
Instructions for growing squash
Q. Would you recommend planting butternut squash in the grow boxes? Any special instructions? A. You certainly CAN grow butternut, and all other squashes, in Grow-Boxe...

Last Modified: 2008-04-07Number of views: 151
Recommended widths for Grow-Boxes and Soil-Beds
Q. In many of the books the Grow-Box width is very different. What is the latest recommendation on the ideal size of Grow-Box width? 1 foot? 18 inches? 4 feet? A. The nee...

Last Modified: 2008-04-06Number of views: 311
Soil-Mix and Fertilizers to Use for Raised Beds
Q. I've read about using manure, compost and peat for planting medium in a square foot garden. What is the ratio one to the other for a veggie garden. I would like to use or...

Last Modified: 2008-04-01Number of views: 239
How to solve the White Fly problem
Q. last year I planted tomatoes the plants were full of little white flies. The tomatoes had a sticky black to the touch. What did I do wrong? A. Perhaps we should ask ou...

Last Modified: 2008-04-01Number of views: 126
How Do I ind and Mix Fertilizers to Get The Mittleider Mix?
Hi, I'm not finding the nutrients we need as easily as I'd hoped. Does Mittleider sell these or can someone suggest the best way for me to find the components. The Boron (B...

Last Modified: 2008-03-05Number of views: 297
Ready-Made Grow-Boxes or containers
Q. Where can I purchase grow boxes already made? A. There are lots of people who have custom-made containers - of almost any size you desire. But they are expensive, and...

Last Modified: 2008-04-01Number of views: 208

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