Community nutrition garden for SHGs

1. Organic Kitchen
Garden

2. • A car needs energy to function.
• This energy is provided through fuel.
• In order to be well-nourished and healthy, the entire
family needs energy and nutrients that vegetables provides.
To gain energy and nutrient we need vegetables.
• Vegetables contains plenty of vitamins and minerals that
helps to maintain a healthy body.
Why do we need Vegetables ???

3. Red Food:- Beet Roots, Tomatoes, Red Chilli
Green Food:- Cabbage, peas , Spinach etc.
Yellow/Organge Food:- Carrot , Pumpkin,Capsicums
White Food:- Cauliflower, radish, Garlic
Purple Food:- Purple Cabbage, Turnip , Brinjal
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Reduce heart disease risk, protect the eyes, fight infections
Reduced risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and
mental decline
Boosts immune system, Builds healthier bones , Promotes healthy
joints
Benefit brain health, help to lower inflammation, and fight cancer
and heart disease.
lower the level of bad cholesterol in your body as well as
lower high blood pressure and build immunity.
EAT YOUR
RAINBOW

4. Variety of veggies Healthy & Fresh Chemical free Saving Money
Benefits of home grown vegetables

5. How to setup Kitchen garden?
Growing your own
vegetables is a great idea!!
Tell me how to set up a
kitchen garden in my
backyard.
Great to hear that you are
ready to set up Kitchen
garden. There are few steps
need to be followed to
establish a good kitchen
garden.

6. Steps of Kitchen
Garden
Establishment
Site Selection Land preparation and Bed
making
Seed Sowing Watering
Weeding
Organic fertilizer and pest
repellent Application
Harvesting

7. Some Vegetables are
first grown in nursey
and then transplanted
to the Kitchen garden
area.
Beet Root Pea Okra Bottle Guard Carrots Spinach
Brinjal Cabbage Tomato Capsicum Chilli
Direct Sowing (Through Seed)
Transplantation (Through Sapling)

8. Site Selection
The land has to be
levelled and the
prepared compost is
applied to increase
the fertility of the soil
Land Preparation and Bed
Making
Layout Sowing
The site has to be selected
where water is available,
plants can get partial
shade and sun. The site
should be well drained i.e
not prone to water
logging. The site should be
fenced in order to protect
from animals.
After the layouts are
prepared, seeds are
directly sown or
transplanted on the
beds.
The layout depends
on the season of
sowing. Pathways,
separate beds and
optimum spacing is
done. Proper layout
helps in better growth
of the plants
Garden Establishment

9. Water Management
The plants are damaged
if shade is not managed
properly. Extreme heat
or extreme moisture can
result in poor
germination and survival
or total damage
Shade Management Weeding & Hoeing Pest & Disease Management
Application of
optimum amount of
water and at the right
time is important. It is
advised to water early
in the morning or
after sunset
Preparation of neem
pesticide and
application of the
same once in a week
can prevent the
plants from pest and
disease
Weeding and hoeing
ensures proper
growth as the
unnecessary plants
are removed and soil
at the surface is tilled
Garden Establishment

10. Layout according to crop type
Flat Beds Ridge beds Ring Beds
Ring beds are prepared for
cucurbit crops i.e, Long
Melon, Ridge guard, Round
melon, Bottle guard
Pumpkin etc.
Flat beds are prepared for
shallow rooted vegetables
i.e, Spinach, fenugreek,
coriander chaulai , Guar,
Okra, peas Cow pea
Ridge beds are prepared
specific crops in which
underground plant part is
edible i.e, Potato, Radish,
Turnip, Sogri, Carrot etc.

11. Always wash vegetables to remove
dirt and impurities before cooking
Harvest on attaining proper size and
shape in Morning or evening hours
Always use clean and hygienic utensil
and instruments for plucking
How and when to pluck the vegetables ???
When ??
How ??
Don’t forget
Radha !! There are
certain points that we
should consider
before plucking.
Maa!! How and
when to pluck
the vegetables ??

12. JEEVAMRIT (LIQUID FERTILIZER)
Material Required
Cow Urine
Besan
Water
Soil
Cow Dung
Neem leaf
• Take 190-liter Water in barrel.
• Add 10 Kg Local Cow Dung, 10-liter cow
urine and Mix it well
• Then add 2 Kg Jaggery, 2 Kg Pulses flour &
2 Kg soil from the bund of the farm in it.
• Then stir the solution well with Wooden
stick.
• After this, cover the tank with jute bag and
keep it in the shade to ferment.
• To get the air out of the mixture, stir the
mixture every morning and evening 7-8
rounds in a clockwise and anti - clock wise
direction with the poles.
• It will be ready after 7 Days. Will be used
for 90 days.
• Mix 1 liter Jeevamrit in the ratio of 10 liters
of water and spray it on crops.
Preparation Method
• Watering the plants using Amrut Jal on a weekly basis keeps the soil alive and rich in nutrients.
• Spraying filtered Amrut jal once a week or once a fortnight helps in lowering the chance of pest infestation.
• Root treatment of saplings for 30 minutes before planting them helps develop a stronger and more disease resistant plant.

13. Pest Management:-Neem seed kernel extract
Take 5 liters of water
and 500gm of neem
seed and 500gm of
neem leaves and 50
grm of soap powder.
Soak overnight
Crush and filter the
extract and apply
on vegetable plants
Neem seed kernel extract (NSKE) is effective for a variety of leaf eating insects.
Aphid, shoot and fruit borer, pod fly, leaf miner, etc. can be controlled with this.

14. Chilli garlic paste
Yellow and Blue sticky
Traps
Dung ash and kerosene oil Sour Buttermilk
From prevention of various
pests, firstly mash 2 kg
garlic, and 1 kg green
chilies together and then
mix it in 14 ltr water and
then filter it with cloth.
Helps in chilli tomato and
brinjal to control various
insects.
Yellow and blue sticky traps
are used for sucking pest
like white files, Thrives,
Aphids, Leaf miners ,
Hopers etc. This is an
effective way to control the
leaf curl disease in chilli
and tomato.
For the prevention of red
beetle in gourd family, in 2
kg dung ash mix 20 ml
kerosene oil and broadcast
it in the fields in morning
time
For prevention of fungal
diseases, spraying 1ltr
butter milk of 4 days older
sour buttermilk which is
placed in copper utensil
and is mixed in 15 ltr water
should be done. It can save
young seedlings from
diseases like damping off
and powdery mildew.

15. Plot 9 Plot 7 Plot 5 Plot 3 Plot 1
Plot 10 Plot 8 Plot 6 Plot 4 Plot 2
Cucurbits
Cucurbits
Vermi
Compos
t
Anwla
Drum Sticks
Lemon Tree
Papaya
Curry Leaves Medicinal Plants
Flower Plants
Pathway
Layout Of Kitchen Garden

16. Do’s
• Always sow vegetables in correct season
• Select partial shade area for nursery
establishment
• Always mix compost during land
preparation
• Always follow layout system for different
vegetables
• Protect garden from hot winds by applying
shade (Using shade net and locally
available thorny bushes)
• Always water plant through water can in
morning and eveninghours
• Consume vegetables every day in any form
(Cooked or Raw).
• Harvest vegetablesat correct stage
Don’ts
• Do not broadcast seed during sowing.
• Do not flood water into the garden it may
damage your plants.
• Do not expose plants to direct sunlight
• Do not use undecomposedcompost it may
invite termites to the garden
• Do not cover garden with plastic sheet it
may generate excess heat which is not
good for plants.
• Do not spray any chemicals pesticide into
garden , use organic methods.
• Do not overcook vegetables as it reduces
the mineralsand vitamins.
• Do not pluck vegetables when they are
unripe.

17. Kharif (July-
Oct )
Rabi (Nov-Feb)
Zaid (Mid Feb-
June)
Let’s grow vegetables
What's in the Season
Sr. No Vegetable Zaid Kharif Rabi Sowing Time Spacing (cm)
1 Tomato June-Aug, Nov-Dec 80 × 30
2 Radish Sept-Oct, Nov-Jan 45 × 7.5
3 Watermelon Jan-March 80 × 60
4 Capsicum Nov-Jan 60 × 30
5 Beet Root Oct-Nov 20 × 30
6 Peas Oct-Nov 30 × 7.5
7 Carrot Aug-Oct 45 × 7.5
8 Ridge gourd June-July 80 × 45
9 Okra Feb-March, June-July 45 × 15
10 Cucumber Feb-March, June-July 80 × 30
11 Bottle gourd Feb-March, June-July 80 × 45
12 Bitter gourd Feb-March, June-July 80 × 45
13 Sponge gourd Feb-March 80 × 45
14 Spinach Sept-Nov 15 × 10
15 French bean May-June 30 × 15
16 Chilli Nov-Jan, May-June 60 × 45
17 Amaranthus Feb-July 45 × 30
18 Spinach Sept-Oct. 30 × 10
19 Coriander Sept-Oct. 30 × 15
20 Onion Oct-Nov, May-June 15 × 7.5
21 Ginger April-May 20 × 45
22 Potato Sept-Nov, Dec-Feb 20 × 45
23 Cabbage Sept-Oct. 45 x 45
24 Cauliflower Sept-Oct. 45 x 45
25 Brinjal Oct-Nov 60 x 35

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