A Beginner's Guide to

Have you ever wondered...

...what is the best location for a vegetable plot?
...if your soil is too wet to work?
...what the black spots are on the bottoms of your tomatoes?
...how you can get cauliflower heads perfectly white?
...why your potatoes have turned green?
...which seeds can be started indoors and which outside?
...what makes hot peppers hot?

The answers to these questions and more can be found in A Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, created for Midwest gardeners by Purdue University specialists.


Winner of:

The American Society for Horticultural Science Outstanding Extension Publication Award (CD-ROM)

Agricultural Communicators in Education Interactive Media Program Silver Award

Illustrated with more than 100 photographs, original graphics, video clips, Web links, as well as an entertaining quiz, this program guides you through planning a vegetable garden, planting seeds and seedlings, and growing 30 of the most popular garden vegetables.

Whether you're a new gardener or a veteran looking for a refresher course, this interactive CD-ROM is the ideal reference for you.


A Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening
CD-HO-2, $10.95

To order, download the order form or contact:

Purdue University Agricultural Communication Service
Media Distribution Center
231 S. University St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2064
phone: 888-398-4636
email: Media.Order@ces.purdue.edu
fax: 765-496-1540
http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/mdc/distrib.html

 

System requirements:

Windows NT and 95 MINIMUMS

Pentium or higher PC or compatible
32 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disk space
SVGA graphics (thousands of colors)
4x CD-ROM drive
16-bit sound card

Macintosh MINIMUMS

Power Mac
32 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disk space
Video board capable of thousands of colors
4x CD-ROM drive


Last updated: March 27, 2006
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