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Special Gardening Techniques

Special Gardening Techniques. Grow It and Eat It March 17, 2012 Presenter: Roger Evans. ABOUT THE VIRGINIA MASTER GARDENERS AND VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

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Special Gardening Techniques

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  1. Special Gardening Techniques Grow It and Eat It March 17, 2012 Presenter: Roger Evans ABOUT THE VIRGINIA MASTER GARDENERS AND VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Virginia Master Gardeners are volunteer educators who work within their communities to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management education and training. As an educational program of Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Master Gardeners bring the resources of Virginia’s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the commonwealth. Extension is a joint program of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and state and local governments. Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

  2. Grow It and Eat It Planning your Garden Vegetables Containers Therapeutic Gardens Questions

  3. Where to Begin Start with the end result in mind Location, Location, Location What do you want to grow? What heights are your vegetables? Do You have enough space?

  4. Planning : Draw a diagram first Locate for easy access Locate convenient to water if possible Orient your layout with the sun Lay out vegetables you want in the diagram with sections marked off

  5. An Example:

  6. Common Raised Bed

  7. Garden Layout Part 1 4’ 4’ Corn 4’x4’ 12” centers 16 hils Potato 4’x4’ 9” centers 25 hills

  8. Garden Layout Part 2 4’ 2’ 2’ Carrots Broadcast Beets 3” Center 4’ Sweet Onion 4” Center Spinach Broadcast Lima Beans (bush) Contender Beans (bush)

  9. Garden Layout Part 3 4’ 2’ 2’ Sweet Peppers 6” Center Eggplant 6” Center Lavender Dill Yellow Onion 4” Center Parsley Garlic Chives

  10. 37 Days After Planting

  11. 37 Days After Planting

  12. CONTAINERS

  13. From Ordinary

  14. To Unique

  15. High Yields

  16. Potatoes and Lettuce

  17. Where Can you Put them? Anywhere And Everywhere!

  18. Patios

  19. Driveways

  20. Existing Gardens

  21. Along Fence Lines

  22. Demonstration Garden Social Services Bldg. Olde Towne Rd Williamsburg, VA

  23. Demonstration Garden Child Development Resources Norge, Va

  24. Therapeutic Gardens

  25. Sitting Height Raised Beds

  26. Raised Beds

  27. The Garden-Rack Portable and Design your own Height

  28. Raised Platform For Earth Boxes

  29. Adjustable and Portable Garden Tables

  30. Incorporated Into Other Gardens

  31. Garden-Rack On Deck

  32. Easiest to Grow Vegetables Beans (String or Green) Beets Butternut Squash Pumpkins Sweet Peppers and Chilies Cucumbers Leaf Lettuce Spinach Leeks and Spring Onions Potatoes Radishes Eggplant Peas Tomatoes Zucchini

  33. Thank You ? Questions ? For a copy of this Presentation Email: containerguy@cox.net

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