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Design a sustainable garden for 20 families to help them lower costs

Design a sustainable garden for 20 families to help them lower costs. what is a fruit salad tree.

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Design a sustainable garden for 20 families to help them lower costs

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  1. Design a sustainable garden for 20 families to help them lower costs

  2. what is a fruit salad tree • A fruit salad tree is an amazing tree that grows in warm weather, you are probably wondering what a fruit salad tree is. Well a fruit salad tree is a tree that grows different fruits like apples, oranges, plums ,peaches and pears all on the same tree to save space and money.

  3. Types of fruit on the tree • Stonefruit which grows peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, peachcots • Citrus which grows oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruits, tangellos, pomellos, • Multi apples only • Multi nashi fruit only

  4. What type of animals do we put in the paddock/land?- Goats -Chickens in a hutchHow do I look after the animals?-Chicken food-Chicken grit -Goat pellets -Hay/strawWhat equipment do they need?-2 buckets -2 brushes -Chicken drink bottle

  5. Why we choose the animals? The breed of goats we choose are cashmere goats . The reasons why are they have wool , they produce milk witch you can turn into cheese , their manure is good fertilizer for the garden , you can sell them , they have meat , and they eat all of your garden wastes and keep down your lawn . We chose chickens because they lay eggs , you can kill them for meat , their manure is good fertiliser for the garden and you can use their egg shells for the garden to keep away slugs and snails.

  6. What type of vegetables and fruits are in the garden? Carrots Peas Potatoes Tomatoes Lettuce Cabbage Spring onionsHow do you look after a fruit and vegetable garden? water it every day spray the weeds/or pull them out pick them when readyAnd till the soil

  7. How to get rid of bugs! How to get rid of the bugs? • The families will be given sprays • They can also use beer • And egg shells to get rid of the slugs • Coffee • Ash What equipment will they need for the bugs? • Backpack sprayers • Mc gregors spray They will be in a glass house And there will be a garden for fruit and vegetables that don’t grow in a glass house. 

  8. Equipment for the garden What equipment do they need? • Hose • Shovel • Rake • Lawn mower • Gardening gloves • Fork • Trowel • Bypass-type secateurs • 2 buckets • A sprinkler • Hoe

  9. Bibliography • http://www.fruitsaladtrees.com/ • http://www.oreworld.org/grafting.htm • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/familyfarms/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/feed/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/community/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/dairy/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/animalwelfare/ • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/eatlocal/ • http://42explore.com/farming.htm • http://community-gardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_grow_a_community_garden • http://www.goatworld.com/articles/goatslife/goatfacts.shtml • http://www.jackmauldin.com/does_for_sale.htm • http://www.goats4h.com/Goat-costs.html

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