Cold Frame Manual - for Winter Gardening ~ Community GroundWorks
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Winter Gardening & Cover Crops - What to Grow, When to Plant it in Multnomah County, Oregon, Gardening Guidebook for Oregon ~ Zenger Farm
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Succession Planting for Continuous Vegetable Harvests
How to plan sowing dates for continuous supplies of popular summer crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers, edamame and sweet corn; cold-weather hoophouse greens and year round lettuce. Using these planning strategies can help avoid gluts and shortages.
Year round hoophouse vegetables. Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Which factors should you consider when planning how to keep your hoophouse filled with productive food crops all year? We consider suitable crops for various times of year: cold-hardy winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions; early warm weather crops such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers; high summer crops such as edamame, cowpeas, melons, sweet potatoes. We also look at less common ideas: bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring, seeds, flowers, and cover crops for soil improvement.
The workshop includes ideas on how to maximize use of the space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall, seasonal transitions, packing more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. Planning is an important part of success: deciding which crops to grow, deciding how much to harvest and how much to plant, crop rotation, mapping and scheduling. We also look at the challenges of low temperatures, nitrate accumulation, snow, soil-borne diseases, and the challenges of summer: high temperatures, bugs, salt build-up. Year-round use includes attention to caring for the soil: maintaining organic matter, and pest management including solarization.
PLANT SEASONS (*When and for how long a certain plant grows*)
To figure out what to plant in your garden, you have to first know what can grow in the climate where you live.
Vancouver climate: Vancouver and the UBC Farm are located in a temperate rainforest.
place of origin
Where a plant comes from is called its place of origin. Did you know that many of the plants we think come from a particular place are not native (*originally from a specific place*). Native plants, like salmonberry, fiddlehead fern, salal and thimbleberry have grown in Vancouver for thousands of years and each have a season in which they can be eaten during the spring and summer.
What to plant
We eat different parts of different plants. For some plants we may eat the root and the leaves, while for other plants, we may only eat the seeds. Each fruit or vegetable crop has its own unique (*one of a kind*) roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds. This means that each plant (like carrot or sunflower) will grow to be a different size and shape.
Storing Plants
There are fewer edible plants (*plants we can eat*) available in the wintertime. We can, freeze, or store hardy crops in cool storage so that our food lasts through the winter.
VANCOUVER/LOWER MAINLAND’S SEASONS FOR PLANTING AND HARVESTING
Diversify your vegetable crops 2017 90 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
As a vegetable grower, offer a broader range of vegetables and keep your customers coming back with a different crop every week, while still dependably supplying their old favorites. Learn how to distinguish between the crops likely to succeed and the siren call of too many weird eggplants.
Hoophouse in spring and summer 2017 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Food, Seeds, Cover Crops, Cut Flowers, Soil Building.
In colder zones growers use the summer hoophouse for all those hot weather crops that struggle outdoors! But if you can already grow melons, limas, okra outside, you may be left wondering how to make good use of that valuable covered space when it’s hot. As well as heat-loving crops, this presentation discusses cooling the hoophouse; using the opportunity to tackle soil-borne diseases or improve the soil and other uses like seed drying and storage.
Fall vegetable production 2016 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
This document provides information on suitable crops for fall vegetable production, including warm weather crops that can be harvested in fall, cool weather crops that can be planted and harvested in fall and winter, and overwinter crops for early spring harvest. It discusses scheduling planting times for various crops to extend the harvest season, considering factors like temperature requirements, days to maturity, and frost dates. Cool weather crops recommended for fall include beets, carrots, greens, and root vegetables.
Cold Frame Manual - for Winter Gardening ~ Community GroundWorks
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Winter Gardening & Cover Crops - What to Grow, When to Plant it in Multnomah County, Oregon, Gardening Guidebook for Oregon ~ Zenger Farm
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Succession Planting for Continuous Vegetable Harvests
How to plan sowing dates for continuous supplies of popular summer crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers, edamame and sweet corn; cold-weather hoophouse greens and year round lettuce. Using these planning strategies can help avoid gluts and shortages.
Year round hoophouse vegetables. Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Which factors should you consider when planning how to keep your hoophouse filled with productive food crops all year? We consider suitable crops for various times of year: cold-hardy winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions; early warm weather crops such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers; high summer crops such as edamame, cowpeas, melons, sweet potatoes. We also look at less common ideas: bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring, seeds, flowers, and cover crops for soil improvement.
The workshop includes ideas on how to maximize use of the space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall, seasonal transitions, packing more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. Planning is an important part of success: deciding which crops to grow, deciding how much to harvest and how much to plant, crop rotation, mapping and scheduling. We also look at the challenges of low temperatures, nitrate accumulation, snow, soil-borne diseases, and the challenges of summer: high temperatures, bugs, salt build-up. Year-round use includes attention to caring for the soil: maintaining organic matter, and pest management including solarization.
PLANT SEASONS (*When and for how long a certain plant grows*)
To figure out what to plant in your garden, you have to first know what can grow in the climate where you live.
Vancouver climate: Vancouver and the UBC Farm are located in a temperate rainforest.
place of origin
Where a plant comes from is called its place of origin. Did you know that many of the plants we think come from a particular place are not native (*originally from a specific place*). Native plants, like salmonberry, fiddlehead fern, salal and thimbleberry have grown in Vancouver for thousands of years and each have a season in which they can be eaten during the spring and summer.
What to plant
We eat different parts of different plants. For some plants we may eat the root and the leaves, while for other plants, we may only eat the seeds. Each fruit or vegetable crop has its own unique (*one of a kind*) roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds. This means that each plant (like carrot or sunflower) will grow to be a different size and shape.
Storing Plants
There are fewer edible plants (*plants we can eat*) available in the wintertime. We can, freeze, or store hardy crops in cool storage so that our food lasts through the winter.
VANCOUVER/LOWER MAINLAND’S SEASONS FOR PLANTING AND HARVESTING
Diversify your vegetable crops 2017 90 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
As a vegetable grower, offer a broader range of vegetables and keep your customers coming back with a different crop every week, while still dependably supplying their old favorites. Learn how to distinguish between the crops likely to succeed and the siren call of too many weird eggplants.
Hoophouse in spring and summer 2017 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Food, Seeds, Cover Crops, Cut Flowers, Soil Building.
In colder zones growers use the summer hoophouse for all those hot weather crops that struggle outdoors! But if you can already grow melons, limas, okra outside, you may be left wondering how to make good use of that valuable covered space when it’s hot. As well as heat-loving crops, this presentation discusses cooling the hoophouse; using the opportunity to tackle soil-borne diseases or improve the soil and other uses like seed drying and storage.
Fall vegetable production 2016 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
This document provides information on suitable crops for fall vegetable production, including warm weather crops that can be harvested in fall, cool weather crops that can be planted and harvested in fall and winter, and overwinter crops for early spring harvest. It discusses scheduling planting times for various crops to extend the harvest season, considering factors like temperature requirements, days to maturity, and frost dates. Cool weather crops recommended for fall include beets, carrots, greens, and root vegetables.
Michelle Kuckelman designed a homestead with several productive garden areas including vegetable beds, a fruit orchard, berry patch, and herb garden. Energy from the homestead is recycled through chickens, a compost pile, solar panels, and a greenhouse. Water is collected from the roof and stored in a pond and swales for garden irrigation between rains. Elements were included to foster community such as a public parking area and planting surplus crops for visitors to pick. The homestead embodies permaculture principles like using nature's gifts, wasting nothing, cultivating diversity, and designing from patterns to details.
The seed garden 90 mins pam dawling 2020Pam Dawling
Combining growing some seed crops with growing lots of vegetables. Choosing suitable seed crops, calculating population size and isolation distances, selecting mother plants, harvesting, processing wet-seeded crops and dry-seeded crops. Using the hoophouse to grow seed crops. Seed storage and germination testing. Growing seeds for sale.
Cover crops for vegetable growers Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Using cover crops to feed and improve the soil, smother weeds, and prevent soil erosion. Selecting cover crops to make use of opportunities year round: early spring, summer, fall and going into winter. Fitting cover crops into the schedule of vegetable production while maintaining a healthy crop rotation
Year round vegetable production dawling 2017 90 minsPam Dawling
This document discusses year-round vegetable production at Twin Oaks Community in Virginia. The community aims to feed 100 people with organic produce year-round using various season extension and efficient production strategies. These include direct sowing and transplanting crops, succession planting, interplanting, and protecting crops from hot and cold weather. The document emphasizes the importance of healthy soil achieved through crop rotations, cover cropping, composting, and building soil organic matter.
Growing out of season vegetable crops, in hot weather and cold weather. Growing vegetables to store for out-of-season use. Techniques to success in all seasons: germinating seeds, growing plants, protecting crops from hot weather, pests, cold weather. Choosing suitable crops that will work for your farm or garden.
10. Kitchen gardening A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Former ...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document provides guidance on kitchen gardening in 6 steps: 1) selecting a site that gets full sun and has good irrigation, 2) deciding garden size, 3) preparing soil by tilling and adding compost, 4) selecting crops suited to the climate and planting schedule, 5) maintaining the garden through irrigation, weeding, and pest control, and 6) harvesting produce. Key recommendations include building raised beds for easier access and warmer soil, starting seeds indoors for crops with long seasons, and using drip irrigation and mulch to conserve water. The goal is to harvest fresh vegetables every month through succession planting and selecting crops for each growing season.
Sequential planting of cool season crops in high tunnels Pam Dawling 2017Pam Dawling
This document provides information on sequentially planting cool season crops in a high tunnel. It discusses 12 planning steps and then focuses on which crops to grow. Several suitable crops from different families like lettuce, spinach, kale and carrots are described. Details are given on how much to plant and harvest over the seasons with month-by-month schedules. The document also discusses packing more crops in through succession planting and intercropping. Record keeping and additional resources are mentioned.
Extending the Vegetable Growing Season in Wyoming, Gardening Guide for Wyoming ~ University of Wyoming
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing sweet potatoes from start to finish 2020 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Everything you need to know to be self-reliant in sweet potatoes or to grow them for sale. Includes starting your own slips, planting them, caring for the plants, harvest, saving seed stock for replanting next year, and curing and storing the sweet potatoes.
This document discusses the traditional Native American companion planting of the "Three Sisters" - corn, beans, and squash. It then describes the author's experiences experimenting with adapting this practice to their own kitchen garden over two growing seasons. They found that corn grew well but beans were shaded too much. Squash produced less fruit than alone. The author outlines their planned improvements for the next season, including different varieties and layout, to make the Three Sisters planting more productive while honoring the traditional concept. They also raise additional questions about adapting the approach for their climate and conditions.
Providing vegetables for the full eating season 2013 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Growing vegetables throughout the season - succession planting for continuous harvests of summer vegetables such as beans, squash, cucumbers and sweet corn; also
year-round lettuce, growing and storing cold-hardy winter vegetables
Crop rotations for vegetables and cover crops 2014, Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Ideas to help you design a sequence of vegetable crops which maximizes the chance to grow good cover crops as well as reduce pest and disease likelihood. Discusses formal rotations as well as ad hoc systems for shoehorning minor crops into available spaces. The workshop discusses cover crops suitable at various times of year, particularly winter cover crops between vegetable crops in successive years. Includes examples of undersowing of cover crops in vegetable crops and of no-till options.
• Rotation planning for permanent raised beds
• 7 step rotation planning for row crops, steps 1-4
• A useful format for rotation plans
• A walk around our crop rotation
• Steps 5-7 of rotation planning
• Pros and cons of tight rotation planning
• Resources and contact info
Plan for continuous supplies of popular summer vegetable crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers and sweet corn; cold-weather hoophouse greens and year-round lettuce. Avoid vegetable gluts and shortages.
Sequential planting cool season crops in a hoophouse 2019 pam dawlingPam Dawling
Which factors should you consider when planning how to keep your hoophouse filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons? Suitable crops, cold-hardiness, deciding which crops to grow, deciding how much to harvest and how much to plant, crop rotation, mapping and scheduling, month by month planting, seasonal transitions, packing more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping.
Leapfron to Sustanable Mini Garden - The Three Sistersrebeccainva
The document discusses the Three Sisters method of companion planting - corn, beans, and squash. The Three Sisters method has been used by Native Americans for centuries and provides nutritional benefits. Corn provides structure for the beans to climb, beans fix nitrogen in the soil to benefit all plants, and squash spreads along the ground inhibiting weeds. The document outlines how to plant and care for the Three Sisters, including soil preparation, planting in mounds, and harvesting each plant. The Three Sisters method is a sustainable and space-efficient approach to growing food.
Deciding which vegetable crops to grow, pam dawlingPam Dawling
Grow vegetable crops that fit your goals, whether for sale or for your household. Consider which crops are easy to grow, most profitable for the space or time, most suited to your conditions, high yielding, and undemanding. Use a DIY Crop Value Rating system to choose between options.
This document discusses growing a winter garden and using season extenders to extend the growing season. It provides information on different types of season extenders including hot caps, floating row covers, cold frames, low tunnels, high tunnels, and greenhouses. These season extenders work by trapping heat and protecting plants from cold temperatures and wind. The document recommends starting cold-tolerant crops in late summer and fall and choosing protected garden beds and season extenders to successfully grow vegetables through the winter.
Hoophouse cool season crops 240 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
How to choose which crops to grow from among those suitable for the cool seasons, including comparing the cold-hardiness of various crops. How to grow varied and plentiful winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions. How to plan so that your hoophouse is filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons. How to calculate how much to harvest and how much to plant. How to make maps, schedules, and month by month planting lists. How to achieve a good crop rotation, and smooth seasonal transitions. How to get continuous harvests and maximize use of the valuable space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall. How to pack more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. The workshop includes tips to help minimize unhealthy levels of nitrates in cold weather with short days. Late winter uses can include growing bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring.
Growing More & Growing Longer in the Colorado Mountains, Gardening Guidebook for Colorado ~ Colorado Master Gardeners
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Straw Bale Gardens ~ Penn State, Montgomery CountyS7W1X
This document provides information about straw bale gardening from the Penn State Montgomery County Cooperative Extension. It describes how they created straw bale gardens at their Learning Gardens site using bales of straw. It explains the benefits of straw bale gardening and how to properly condition and plant bales. Photos show examples of vegetable, flower, and Three Sisters gardens grown in straw bales. The document encourages using straw bale gardening as an educational and low-cost gardening method.
Michelle Kuckelman designed a homestead with several productive garden areas including vegetable beds, a fruit orchard, berry patch, and herb garden. Energy from the homestead is recycled through chickens, a compost pile, solar panels, and a greenhouse. Water is collected from the roof and stored in a pond and swales for garden irrigation between rains. Elements were included to foster community such as a public parking area and planting surplus crops for visitors to pick. The homestead embodies permaculture principles like using nature's gifts, wasting nothing, cultivating diversity, and designing from patterns to details.
The seed garden 90 mins pam dawling 2020Pam Dawling
Combining growing some seed crops with growing lots of vegetables. Choosing suitable seed crops, calculating population size and isolation distances, selecting mother plants, harvesting, processing wet-seeded crops and dry-seeded crops. Using the hoophouse to grow seed crops. Seed storage and germination testing. Growing seeds for sale.
Cover crops for vegetable growers Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Using cover crops to feed and improve the soil, smother weeds, and prevent soil erosion. Selecting cover crops to make use of opportunities year round: early spring, summer, fall and going into winter. Fitting cover crops into the schedule of vegetable production while maintaining a healthy crop rotation
Year round vegetable production dawling 2017 90 minsPam Dawling
This document discusses year-round vegetable production at Twin Oaks Community in Virginia. The community aims to feed 100 people with organic produce year-round using various season extension and efficient production strategies. These include direct sowing and transplanting crops, succession planting, interplanting, and protecting crops from hot and cold weather. The document emphasizes the importance of healthy soil achieved through crop rotations, cover cropping, composting, and building soil organic matter.
Growing out of season vegetable crops, in hot weather and cold weather. Growing vegetables to store for out-of-season use. Techniques to success in all seasons: germinating seeds, growing plants, protecting crops from hot weather, pests, cold weather. Choosing suitable crops that will work for your farm or garden.
10. Kitchen gardening A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Former ...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document provides guidance on kitchen gardening in 6 steps: 1) selecting a site that gets full sun and has good irrigation, 2) deciding garden size, 3) preparing soil by tilling and adding compost, 4) selecting crops suited to the climate and planting schedule, 5) maintaining the garden through irrigation, weeding, and pest control, and 6) harvesting produce. Key recommendations include building raised beds for easier access and warmer soil, starting seeds indoors for crops with long seasons, and using drip irrigation and mulch to conserve water. The goal is to harvest fresh vegetables every month through succession planting and selecting crops for each growing season.
Sequential planting of cool season crops in high tunnels Pam Dawling 2017Pam Dawling
This document provides information on sequentially planting cool season crops in a high tunnel. It discusses 12 planning steps and then focuses on which crops to grow. Several suitable crops from different families like lettuce, spinach, kale and carrots are described. Details are given on how much to plant and harvest over the seasons with month-by-month schedules. The document also discusses packing more crops in through succession planting and intercropping. Record keeping and additional resources are mentioned.
Extending the Vegetable Growing Season in Wyoming, Gardening Guide for Wyoming ~ University of Wyoming
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing sweet potatoes from start to finish 2020 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Everything you need to know to be self-reliant in sweet potatoes or to grow them for sale. Includes starting your own slips, planting them, caring for the plants, harvest, saving seed stock for replanting next year, and curing and storing the sweet potatoes.
This document discusses the traditional Native American companion planting of the "Three Sisters" - corn, beans, and squash. It then describes the author's experiences experimenting with adapting this practice to their own kitchen garden over two growing seasons. They found that corn grew well but beans were shaded too much. Squash produced less fruit than alone. The author outlines their planned improvements for the next season, including different varieties and layout, to make the Three Sisters planting more productive while honoring the traditional concept. They also raise additional questions about adapting the approach for their climate and conditions.
Providing vegetables for the full eating season 2013 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Growing vegetables throughout the season - succession planting for continuous harvests of summer vegetables such as beans, squash, cucumbers and sweet corn; also
year-round lettuce, growing and storing cold-hardy winter vegetables
Crop rotations for vegetables and cover crops 2014, Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Ideas to help you design a sequence of vegetable crops which maximizes the chance to grow good cover crops as well as reduce pest and disease likelihood. Discusses formal rotations as well as ad hoc systems for shoehorning minor crops into available spaces. The workshop discusses cover crops suitable at various times of year, particularly winter cover crops between vegetable crops in successive years. Includes examples of undersowing of cover crops in vegetable crops and of no-till options.
• Rotation planning for permanent raised beds
• 7 step rotation planning for row crops, steps 1-4
• A useful format for rotation plans
• A walk around our crop rotation
• Steps 5-7 of rotation planning
• Pros and cons of tight rotation planning
• Resources and contact info
Plan for continuous supplies of popular summer vegetable crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers and sweet corn; cold-weather hoophouse greens and year-round lettuce. Avoid vegetable gluts and shortages.
Sequential planting cool season crops in a hoophouse 2019 pam dawlingPam Dawling
Which factors should you consider when planning how to keep your hoophouse filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons? Suitable crops, cold-hardiness, deciding which crops to grow, deciding how much to harvest and how much to plant, crop rotation, mapping and scheduling, month by month planting, seasonal transitions, packing more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping.
Leapfron to Sustanable Mini Garden - The Three Sistersrebeccainva
The document discusses the Three Sisters method of companion planting - corn, beans, and squash. The Three Sisters method has been used by Native Americans for centuries and provides nutritional benefits. Corn provides structure for the beans to climb, beans fix nitrogen in the soil to benefit all plants, and squash spreads along the ground inhibiting weeds. The document outlines how to plant and care for the Three Sisters, including soil preparation, planting in mounds, and harvesting each plant. The Three Sisters method is a sustainable and space-efficient approach to growing food.
Deciding which vegetable crops to grow, pam dawlingPam Dawling
Grow vegetable crops that fit your goals, whether for sale or for your household. Consider which crops are easy to grow, most profitable for the space or time, most suited to your conditions, high yielding, and undemanding. Use a DIY Crop Value Rating system to choose between options.
This document discusses growing a winter garden and using season extenders to extend the growing season. It provides information on different types of season extenders including hot caps, floating row covers, cold frames, low tunnels, high tunnels, and greenhouses. These season extenders work by trapping heat and protecting plants from cold temperatures and wind. The document recommends starting cold-tolerant crops in late summer and fall and choosing protected garden beds and season extenders to successfully grow vegetables through the winter.
Hoophouse cool season crops 240 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
How to choose which crops to grow from among those suitable for the cool seasons, including comparing the cold-hardiness of various crops. How to grow varied and plentiful winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions. How to plan so that your hoophouse is filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons. How to calculate how much to harvest and how much to plant. How to make maps, schedules, and month by month planting lists. How to achieve a good crop rotation, and smooth seasonal transitions. How to get continuous harvests and maximize use of the valuable space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall. How to pack more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. The workshop includes tips to help minimize unhealthy levels of nitrates in cold weather with short days. Late winter uses can include growing bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring.
Growing More & Growing Longer in the Colorado Mountains, Gardening Guidebook for Colorado ~ Colorado Master Gardeners
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Straw Bale Gardens ~ Penn State, Montgomery CountyS7W1X
This document provides information about straw bale gardening from the Penn State Montgomery County Cooperative Extension. It describes how they created straw bale gardens at their Learning Gardens site using bales of straw. It explains the benefits of straw bale gardening and how to properly condition and plant bales. Photos show examples of vegetable, flower, and Three Sisters gardens grown in straw bales. The document encourages using straw bale gardening as an educational and low-cost gardening method.
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Grade 3 School Garden Lesson Plan - Seed Lesson; Seed Balls: Try your Hand at Seed Dispersal ~ Massachusetts
|=> In this activity students will learn about re-vegetation efforts on disturbed lands and make seed balls to re-vegetate their own area of disturbed land
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This document provides guidance on starting seeds and caring for seedlings. It discusses direct seeding versus starting seeds indoors, choosing growing media and containers for seeds, providing appropriate light, heat and humidity for germination, hardening off seedlings before transplanting outdoors, and tips for transplanting seedlings into the garden and caring for them after transplant.
This document provides instructions for creating a straw bale garden, including:
- Conditioning straw bales for 10-14 days by applying fertilizer and watering daily to start decomposition.
- Planting seedlings or seeds directly into the conditioned bales, with recommendations for spacing different vegetable plants.
- Staking taller plants like tomatoes to support their growth.
- Ongoing care including watering, fertilizing, and minimal weeding of the bales throughout the growing season.
- At season's end, the bales can be pulled apart and used as compost or mulch to improve soil.
Season Extension & Cold Frames for Winter Gardening in Halifax, Nova Scotia ~ Halifax Garden Network
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Hot Bed Gardening - The Farmers Handbook - for Winter Gardening ~ Permaculture News
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A Fall-Focused School Garden Guide ~ MA Ag in Classroom
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Your Fall-Focused Garden Guide for Massachusetts School Gardeners ~ Massachusetts
|=> It is possible to have beautiful, educational and productive gardens in Massachusetts in the months between September and June. School gardeners across the state are figuring out strategies that place less emphasis on the summer season
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Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
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City Chickens for your Organic Garden
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Your Fall School Garden: A Guide for Massachusetts School Gardeners
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A greenhouse uses a special kind of glass that acts as a medium that selectively transmitsspectral frequencies. Spectral comes from the word “spectrum”.In layman's terms, a spectral frequency can be defined in terms of the following principle: any object in the universe emits, radiates or transmits light. The distribution of this light along an electromagnetic spectrum is determined by the object's composition...
A greenhouse uses a special kind of glass that acts as a medium that selectively transmitsspectral frequencies. Spectral comes from the word “spectrum”.In layman's terms, a spectral frequency can be defined in terms of the following principle: any object in the universe emits, radiates or transmits light. The distribution of this light along an electromagnetic spectrum is determined by the object's composition...
Grade 4 School Garden Lesson Plan - Seeds Lesson; Seed your Saving ~ Massachusetts
|=> In this activity students will learn about the life cycle of plants from seed to fruit to collecting the seeds inside the fruits. They will harvest pods of garden beans, separate the seeds from the pods, clean them and store them for the winter so that they can be planted in the spring.
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Cold Frames & Hot Beds - Season Extenders for Winter Gardening in Virginia ~ Virginia Tech
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This document provides guidance for starting an organic vegetable garden, including preparing the soil, planning crop rotations, and seasonal planting tips. It recommends clearing any overgrown areas, controlling weeds with mulch, and setting up compost and leafmould bins to improve the soil. Wildlife habitats like annuals, perennials, and a pond are suggested. Crop rotation in four equal plots is advised. Techniques like using cloches and growing disease-resistant varieties are outlined. The seasonal guide covers autumn, winter, and spring tasks like planting garlic, covering beds, and digging in green manures.
Ron’s Veggie Garden Tips - University of Illinois ExtensionFayina19z
Ron provides several tips for the vegetable garden:
1) Use mesh bags and pantyhose to protect fruits and vegetables from birds and insects as they grow and dry herbs.
2) Place cans or fencing around newly planted vegetables to protect them from cutworms in the soil.
3) Be prepared for late frosts by covering tender plants with materials that insulate but don't conduct cold.
4) Install chicken wire fencing to keep rabbits from the garden.
Bronx Green-Up provides horticultural assistance and training to local gardeners and organizations in the Bronx interested in greening projects like community gardens and urban farms. The organization aims to improve neighborhoods through these types of initiatives. Seed saving is an ancient practice that dates back to early farming, and it has benefits like adapting plants to local conditions, preserving plant varieties, and building self-reliance. There are different methods for cleaning and storing seeds depending on the type of plant, such as wet, dry, and fermentation processes. Proper record keeping of seed sources and characteristics is important for gardeners who collect their own seeds.
Seed Saving ~ New York Botanical Garden
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2. An Experiment Four Season is going to be a new experiment for everyone because no one can tell how a certain plant is going to react under certain conditions. For beginners: the trick is to sow your seeds every two weeks and to use a variety of the same plant throughout the growing season.
3. Review of Gardening Basics Do not work the soil when wet, causes soil to lose texture Do not plant related vegetables together (crops in the same family) Create a plan. Can refer to packet, “One Garden Plot: Three Garden Seasons” for planting dates and refer to Farmer’s Almanac for frost dates Lexington frost dates: April 15, October 25 Igrowveg.com to get free templates and information Remember to keep the soil moist and not wet. Water in the mornings(even in cold frames and plastic rows). Plant at middle or top of hill Harden off plants if transplanting outside
4. Methods to Prolong the Seasons Burlap Shade Cloth- curtain sheers Cold Frames Greenhouses Mulch (use after May 1st for spring crops) Sheets/Covers Plastic containers (milk jugs, 2-liter containers) Be inventive! Polyethylene (plastic) row covers with wires or sugar cane for support. (tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers in the summer)
5. Mulch 3 to 4 inches deep Use a light mulch when you need the soil to cool down and prevent weeds such as (straw or paper shreddings) Use a dark mulch to heat the soil Examples of mulch; grass clippings, straw, leaves, newspaper
6. Plastic Row Covers Poles 3 to 5 feet apart Bury the edges on nights when frost is predicted Ventilation through perforations or slits (5 inches long, ¾ inch apart Put a thermometer in the tunnels to monitor temperature.
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10. Easy Cold Frame Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6bWeYCV53A&feature=relmfu
11. Cold Frames Boxes Construction: Can add onto to a raised bed or construct from scratch, many different models Hay bales, scrap wood, bricks, concrete blocks Find old storm windows Maintenance: It is important to provide ventilation during day and to close up at night Prop up with stick, a notched prop, or buy a frame that automatically opens on its own
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16. Other methods Burlap (upper left), cloches (bottom left), and 2-liter bottle (right-side) Can also use; milk jugs, cookie jar, pots and pans, etc.
17. Spring Plants Cover crops such as wheat and snow peas (this will maintain the soil) Late winter to late spring crops Start your spring gardens in the cold frame boxes, indoors, or in a greenhouse Grown at 50 to 65 degrees Farrenheit Can drape burlap or sheets to shade spring/ fall crops during hot summer days
25. Summer Plants If starting summer plants early, can use burlap or other fabric to keep summer plants warm during cool spring nights Plants need the ground to be warm in order to begin and extend growth Can extend summer crops by successive planting and planting varieties Can grow fall/winter crops in the summer if shaded. (netting) Use caution with winter crops in summer
27. Fall Plants Extend the growing season by sowing seeds every two weeks throughout the summer, experiment to see how long each crop lasts Should also consult seed package Take bulb plants indoors to save over the winter to pop up in the spring Can extend summer crops into the fall by covering up during frosts
32. Winter Plants Learn and love to eat greens! Mache- staple crop of the winter Dandelion, lettuce, onion, spinach Plant growth slows down or stops but can still be harvested (cuttings). Use successive planting. Use winter greens in a nutritious shake, has more vitamins than broccoli. Put on sandwich, in soups, pasta, create salads, on a pizza, etc…
47. KY Perennial Herbs Anise-Hyssop Garlic Chives- treats infection Wormwood- digestion Purple Cone Flower Hyssop Lavender- pain relief Mint Beebalm Oregano-help digestion Rue Sage- treats menopause (tea) Thyme- ear, nose, and throat Can start or keep indoors Make into herbal teas over the cold fall, spring, and winter.
48. Resources Kentucky Cane Plastic tarp Scrap Wire Storm windows Scrap wood Sheets (to drape or tie) PVC pipe Newspaper Leaves
49. Recipes Handout Search the name of the crop in images or google, click the picture and bring up recipe.
50. Benefits to a 4 Season Garden The vitamins and nutrition contained in winter crops are well worth it. It’s self-rewarding. When economic times are hard, you have another food source. It’s fun to have a garden in the winter while no one else does. Better taste in different seasons (crisp carrots in fall planting) Saves transportation in winter months Less chemicals in your food
51. Remember…. This is an experiment Try to figure out what works and when… can start out with a one or two plants for late gardening. Sign up sheet Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Bird-Mission-GROW-Appalachia/237711932907941 Blog: http://growappalachia.blogspot.com/
52. References Coleman, E. (1999). Four-season harvest. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company. University of Kentucky College of Agriculture , Cooperative Extension Service. (2011). Home vegetable gardening in kentucky (ID-128). Lexington, KY: http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id128/id128.pdf Damerow, Gail. (1994). 14 ways to extend your gardening season. Mother Earth News, June/July94(144), 58-63. Epler, M.B. (2008, September 16). How to grow a four-season garden- part i and ii. Retrieved from http://1greengeneration.elementsintime.com/?p=292