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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:3136
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:5346
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:5783
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:2107
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:7169
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:4614
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:3853
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:3119
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:4060
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:3212
I`m getting black spots on my hot peppers at the bottom end. what causes this. thanks
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Last Modified:2008-08-06Number of views:88
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:3913
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:2843
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:4236
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:4003
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:4782
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:3726
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:2509
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:3056
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:3314

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Controlling Powdery Mildew in Tomatoes & Squash
"Wettable sulfur, sprayed on tomatoes every two weeks at a rate of 2 tablespoons per gallon will absolutely prevent mildew. And....it is cheap. One tablespoon of wettable ...

Last Modified: 2008-08-20Number of views: 36
Lots of Blossoms But Little Fruit - What To Do
Q. I have hundreds of blossoms on my tomato, squash and etc. plants yet very little fruit. I have observed that there are no bees (I have only seen 3 at any one time) aroun...

Last Modified: 2008-08-07Number of views: 81
Software tells when to plant each variety of vegetable in every region
Q. I'm a programmer and I also am a gardener. I have a couple ideas for computer programs that are garden related. However, to write the programs I'm thinking about, I ...

Last Modified: 2008-07-14Number of views: 143
Gardening in the Desert - In Blow-Sand
Q. We live in Arizona on the Hopi reservation. We have added all kinds of soil treatment to our soil. It is mainly sand, blow sand. The problem is that when we water our crop...

Last Modified: 2008-07-02Number of views: 159
How to Plant Beans (and other seeds) For Maximum Germination & Growth
Q. Have planted a row of green beans in my small garden. They aren't coming up very well. I followed the package directions. I Have two plants that are looking fairly goo...

Last Modified: 2008-06-18Number of views: 210
Automated Watering - PVC vs Soaker Tape
Q. I had a question regarding soaker tape. my garden is to big for me to try to water with a hose and sock ( 50 + soil beds 60 feet long). But the cost of running pvc and al...

Last Modified: 2008-06-16Number of views: 251
Blossom-End Rot - Causes and Cures
Q. I have started to spot the dreaded Blossom End Rot on SOME of my tomatoes. A plant may have a few tomatoes with the black spots on the bottom and then the others on the sa...

Last Modified: 2008-06-10Number of views: 210
Growing Tomatoes Vertically - How Far Apart Are the Overhead Wires/Pipes?
Q. I am wanting to try double density on my tomatoes this year and can't locate the distance between the suspension pipes on the T-frames. Is 18 or 24 inches about right? ...

Last Modified: 2008-06-10Number of views: 214
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: 337
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: 454
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: 472
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: 357
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: 520
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: 419
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: 366

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