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Partner Resources
- Chicago Botanic Gardens
- Resource for at home gardening including suggestions for 6 crops to grow.
- Contemporary Farmer Inc.
- Empowering people to develop edible spaces in their homes in order to redefine their relationships with nature and local food systems.
- Fresh Exchange
- Enjoy the best of home and garden living with this complete guide featuring recipes, chickens, and a must-listen podcast. Get your ultimate DIY experience here!
- Grow Greater Englewood
- Live video series on growing at home.
- Grow Vegetables Indoors
- Video about Microgreens & Sprouts – From Seed to Harvest.
- MIgardener
- Grow a garden, live healthier lives, and have fun doing it.
- Roots Watering Hole Podcast
- A monthly gardening education and food literacy series.
- Vertical Veg
- Vertical Veg inspires and supports growing food in containers. I help you to transform a small space – like a balcony or patio – into an abundant container garden, filled with herbs, fruit, veg, beauty and life.
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Resources Table of Contents
- Build Your Own Garden
- Chicago Grows Food Grow Kit
- Eating What You Grow
- Food & Garden Policy Organizations
- Food Literacy
- Gardening Basics
- Harvesting – Helpful Videos
- Home Gardening
- Making Your Own Soil
- Resources for Educators
- Resources for Families & Students
- Roots Watering Hole Podcast
- Season Extension
- Social Justice & Food Sovereignty
- Taking Care of the Soil
Container Gardens DIY Soil Fertilizer Grow Kit Hardiness Zone In Ground Gardens Nutrient Pests Planting Plant Spacing Raised Beds Seeds soil Succession Planting Watering