2013 Garden Calendar

The 2013 WVU Extension Service Garden Calendar features articles that will help guide gardeners through the many choices they must make to develop and maintain their gardens.

Office Information

WVU Extension Service
Wood County Office
1 Courthouse Square, Suite 408
Parkersburg, WV 26101-7500

Phone: 304-424-1960
Fax: 304-424-1967
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30
Driving Directions

WVU Serving all 55 of West Virginia’s Counties

WVU Extension Service provides programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth Development, Families and Health, and Community, Economic, and Workforce Development with support from West Virginia University faculty and staff. The Extension Service also maintains a historic special-mission campus at WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp near Weston, WV.

To meet and support the needs of local people and communities, county faculty and staff involve local residents in developing and leading specific programs and activities.

Part of the National Cooperative Extension System

With more than 3,000 county offices in the USA, Extension is the local front door for many citizens to their state land-grant institutions. Extension knowledge can also be found online anytime, through eXtension, a Web portal to the nation’s largest educational and informational system staffed by Extension experts.

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Making Good Gardening Choices

2013 WVU Extension Service Garden Calendar The 2013 WVU Extension Service Garden Calendar features articles that will help guide gardeners through the many choices they must make to develop and maintain their gardens. You’ll find pointers and useful information that will help you know what to consider when making those decisions.

From the basics of choosing garden tools to the benefits of planting winter cover crops, these articles discuss many useful ideas. Also, each month of the calendar provides the perennially popular suggested dates for planting and carrying out other gardening activities.

A special note: This year the garden calendar is dedicated to Dr. John Jett, retired WVU Extension horticulture specialist. Don’t miss his tribute and John’s favorite horticulture tips located on the last inside page.

Any of our 55 WVU Extension Service county offices will be happy to provide you with more gardening information. Their phone numbers are listed on the inside back cover or you may find our county offices online.

About Vegetable Varieties

An additional counterpart to the Garden Calendar is About Vegetable Varieties featuring common vegetables with helpful information about:

  • Vegetable varieties
  • Days to maturity
  • Descriptive remarks
  • Resistance

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  • 2013 Garden Calendar (2.7 MB)
    Black and white – 8.5×11” landscape format. Shrink to fit as necessary.

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