Welcome to the Wake County 4-H Mini Garden Kit Resource Page!
This page will serve as a hub of resources for you as you start on your min garden project! Below are links to resources from NC State and 4-H to assist you if you have questions on the next steps of your project once your seeds germinate!
Questions? Not seeing the resource that you need? Send us an email at ambrake2@ncsu.edu!
Vegetable Gardening
- Ready Garden Grow: An Introduction to Vegetable Gardening
- NC State Extension - Vegetable Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide
- NC State Extension – Central North Carolina Planting Calendar for Annual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
- NC State Extension – Ch. 16 Vegetable Gardening in North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook
Additional Activities
- NC State Extension: Growing Sweetpotatoes Indoors: Sweetpotatoes can be transplanted outside in May and June once the seedlings are 4-8 inches tall
- Garden activities, making homemade bird feeders, sprouting avocado seeds
- Grow grass in cups with faces and let the kids trim it with scissors when the grass grows
- Paint some rocks as markers, decorations, and signs for gardens or potted plants
