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Community Garden Guides

Updated  08/12/2008

Credits: Becky LeMieux, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewas, WI
Photo Credits: Becky LeMieux, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewas, WI

The production of vegetables and fruit is an important source of fresh food and nutrition to small communities and individuals. These guides are designed to help communities and individuals improve their production techniques to succeed in these efforts. While the guides were written specifically for the Great Lakes area of the US, they are indeed applicable across the entire northern United States, southern Canada, and anyplace where a longer growing season is desired.

These guides were produced through a partnership effort between NRCS and the Red Cliff and Bad River Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa in northwestern Wisconsin. Additional guides will be produced in the future.

Starting and Establishing Plants

The following documents are available in Adobe Acrobat format

Adobe Acrobat DocumentSeed Starting (363 KB)


Extending the Growing Season

Adobe Acrobat DocumentFloating Row Cover (103 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentField Tunnels (122 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHigh Tunnel (202 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHoop Houses (154 KB)


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