resources
Books
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- New Illustrated Guide to Gardening
- Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables
- Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
- Back to Basics
- Let it Rot!: The Gardener’s Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey’s Down-to-Earth Guides)
- Seed Savers Exchange
- Cook’s Garden
- Victory Seeds
- Territorial Seed Company
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
- Tomato Baby Company
- Clyde’s Garden Planner
- Garden.org’s hardiness zone finder (by zipcode)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- Old Farmer’s Almanac Frost Chart for United States
- USDA co-operative extension office finder
- The Garden Watchdog: Guide to Gardening by Mail, Mail Order Gardening, and Catalogs
- Coastal and Mountain Tomato Recommendations: a great source of info on many popular tomatoes, especially heirloom and open-pollinated varieties
- Moss in the City: National Gardening Association’s online newsletter for urban gardeners
- Vegetable MD Online: Disease Fact Sheets Listed by Crop
- Beechwood Garden Center 510 Maryland Ave, 15232 phone: (412) 363-1901
- Urban Gardener 1901 Brighton Rd, 15212 phone: (412) 323-4769
- Michael Brothers Nursery 47 Michael Road, 15024 phone: (724) 265-1222
- Sylvania Natives phone: (412) 596-4989
- Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery 810 – 812 Holland Avenue, Wilkinsburg PA 15221 phone: 412-638-3333
- Brenkle’s Farms and Greenhouses 3814 Mt. Troy Road Pittsburgh, PA 15212 phone: (412) 821-2566 and 543 Evans City Road (Route 68) Butler, PA 16001 phone: (724) 482-2353
- Chapon’s Greenhouse & Supply 4846 Streets Run Rd Pittsburgh, PA phone:412-881-1520
- North Hills Water Gardens 1615 Babcock Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15209 phone: 412-821-6525 and 4195 Old Wm. Penn Hwy. Monroeville, Pa. 15146 phone: 412-666-0199
Seed and Plant Sources
Not all of these companies are purveyors of heirloom or organic seed and seedlings, but they are all well-respected and reputable dealers.
Hardiness and Frost Guides/Charts
Other
Pittsburgh Area Garden Centers and Nurseries
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March 16th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hello,
I have a question…I was wondering about raised beds and if you have any experience with them. I’m interested in constructing with a material that would work well with organic gardening. Cement blocks aren’t very attractive and cedar is very expensive. Any comments, advice?
Thank you,
Gardenmom
March 16th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
@Gardenmom: Personally I use landscaping lumber and panels of 6-by or 8-by.
Cement blocks actually can work rather nicely though, as you can plant herbs and flowers in the holes if you stand them up on-end. I’ve done this before, planted marigolds and scented geranium in the holes, which helped keep the garden pest-free.
Sometimes you can get bricks inexpensively or free off freecycle or craigslist from demolition sites, might check for those too.