the goal is to grow your own food. the goal is to relax in the garden
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The Goal is to grow your own food
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The Goal is to relax in the Garden
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The Goal is to enjoy how it looks
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Get creative
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Annuals are okayIt is fun to have silly flowers
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PLAN, PLAN, PLAN AHEAD
•Understand your site•Lifestyle•Needs•What food has value for you•Reality•Cycles of crops
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Understand your site
• Do a site Map• Learn what your soil is and what has been
applied to the soil• Chemical applications ie: roundup, Preen, Crossbow
• Know where animals interact and use the yard• Dogs• Cats • Squirrels• Chickens
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SITE ANALYSIS• Sun /shade• Wind• Soil • Hardscapes• Trees • Neighbor ‘s trees • Flow: access pointsTo harvest
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Do a soils test
• Learn what type of soil you are dealing with• What it needs to be feed
• Calcium/lime
GENERAL RULES#1 COMPOST, COMPOST, COMPOST#2 ORGANIC FERTILIZER
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KEY STEPS TO GOOD SOIL PREP
• AMEND SOILS WITH CLEAN COMPOST
• GOOD SOIL INTERGRATION• SHEET MULCHING for Bed
preparation = Less labor
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SHEET MULCHING
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Bed Prep with Lasagna Gardening
• Here are the layers• Ground layer• Cut pieces 3”-8” long lay on top• Then apply a straw layer 2”-3” thick• Soil or compost 1” thick• Repeat step 2-4 one more time• Then apply coffee bean bags, weed fabric
or straw to protect the soil.• Or plant winter crops right on it.• Notes:• If applying winter crop sprinkle the seed
as even as possible on top of soil and layer straw as the erosion control
• If planting starts plant right into the layers.• DONOT put blackberry cuttings or Ivy in
Lasagna gardening.
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Lifestyle and Needs
• Do you travel a lot• Do you entertain alot• Do you need an irrigation system• Do you need a garden coach/ assistant • Lawn space• Patio or Deck• Animal corridors
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Lifestyle and Needs
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Lifestyle and needs
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What food has value to you& the reality of growing it
• What foods do you eat a lot of
• How long does it take for that edible to get to harvest
• Do you have space for all the food you want to grow
• Make a list of what you want to grow and seeding
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BED CARE
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MULCH,MULCH,MULCH
• MULCH
• MULCH
•MULCH
•MULCH
•MULCH
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USE YOUR LEAVES AS MULCH
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• Is it a weed• Is it a slug• Is it a bug• Is it a worm• Is it a pathogen/disease
KNOW THY PEST
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HAIRY BITTERCRESS/ WINTERCRESS• Annual weed• Flowers in the winter
with seed heads at the same time, YIKES
• Does have a tap root• Edible• Hand weed• Sheet mulch