Starting a garden and growing your own vegetables can be rewarding and there are now many neighborhood garden sites. Slow Food encourages you to start a garden and we have provided you a guide to assist you in the process.
Community gardens in your Philly neighborhood
All you need to do is enter your zip code.
http://pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/current-communitygardens.html
Resources to help you learn more about gardening
The Horticultural Society offers classes so check out their calendar.
www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/garden/index.html
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
www.pasafarming.org/calendar-of-events
Garden Forever This site was sent to us from a local school teacher. A great portal with lots of great articles, tips, and books on gardening. www.gardenforever.com
The Greenhouse Gardening Guide http://www.proflowers.com/blog/greenhouse-gardening-guide
Turning your garden into an organic garden
www.organicgardentips.com
www.organic-gardening.net
Radio Program & Website
You Bet Your Garden Mike McGrath has a great radio program on WHYY every Saturday morning and you can also view his webpage for answers to questions and resource information.
www.whyy.org/91FM/ybyg/
Great seed catalogs, some with organic seeds
Seeds of Change www.seedsofchange.com
The Cooks Garden www.cooksgarden.com
The Seed Savers Exchange (Rare & Heirloom Seed Exchange) www.seedsavers.org
Organic Garden Supplies
Gardens Alive www.gardensalive.com
Mushroom Kits
Fungi Perfecti www.fungi.com
Beekeeping Supplies & Resource Websites
Pennsylvania Beekeepers Association www.pastatebeekeepers.org
NJ Beekeepers Associaiton www.njbeekeepers.org
Beekeeping Supply Catalog / Dadant & sons, Inc www.dadant.com
Raising Chickens
COOP is a cooperative of chicken owners living in the greater Philadelphia region. We purchase feed together, we share chicken stories together. We need more Philadelphia chickens! Wanna join? www.chickenowners.com
