This document discusses agriculture and vegetable gardening. It provides information on the major agricultural products in the Philippines including rice, coconuts, corn, and sugarcane. It also notes that gradeschool students in the Philippines practice basic agriculture through vegetable gardening. Several types of soil suitable for gardening are listed, as well as factors to consider like soil fertility, sunlight, water supply, and air. Example vegetables that can be grown include bitter gourd, sweet potato, papaya, and okra. Common garden tools like spades, rakes, and trowels are outlined along with their uses. Advantages of vegetable gardening include a fresh food supply, income generation, and enjoyment for the planters.

1. Agriculture

2. Agriculture
• Agriculture is the practice of
cultivating plants and livestock.
• Agriculture is the process of
producing food, feed, fiber and
many other desired products by
the cultivation of certain plants
and the raising of domesticated
animals (livestock).

3. The Philippines' major agricultural products
include rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas,
pineapples, and mangoes.
More women workers were also employed in
corn (harvesting/husking, planting and
transplanting and care of crops), and sugarcane
farming (weeding and fertilizer application).
In the Philippines, grades school level practices a
basic agriculture through vegetable gardening
from their school yard.

4. Vegetable
Gardening
• Vegetable gardening is a
rewarding activity that can provide
fresh, flavorful produce. It offers
many of the same benefits as
other gardening activities,
including exercise, fresh air,
landscape beautification and
enjoyment. In addition, it promotes
a varied and nutritious diet at a
lower cost by reducing food
expenditures more than the costs
associated with growing the
vegetables.

6. School Gardening

9. Kinds of soil
suitable for
vegetable
gardening
1. Loam Soil –
is composed of
sand, clay, silt
and organic
matter which
make the soil
fertile.
2. Silt loam
– is a
combination
of fine and
smooth
particles
suited for
planting.
3. Sandy
Loam – is
more
fertile than
loam.

10. Loam Soil Silt Loam Sandy Loam

11. Factors to
consider in
putting up a
vegetable
garden
1. Fertility of the soil
2. Position of the Sun
3. Water Supply
4. Air

12. Some
Vegetables
suitable for a
school or
home garden
Bitter ground(ampalaya)
Sweet potato
Papaya
Okra
Lettuce
Pepper
Malunggay
Eggplant
Kangkong
Tomatoes
pechay

13. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses • Spade – is a digging tool
with a along handle and
a flat blade used for
transferring soil from
one place to another.
• Rake is a long-handled
tool with a row of
projecting teeth at its
head. It is used for
leveling the surface of
seedbeds and for
gathering dried leaves.

14. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses
• Pick mattock- is a tool
breaking the soil. It has a
curved bar sharpened at
both ends and fitted to a
long handle.
• Trowel- is a small digging
hand tool with a scoop-
shaped blade for
breaking the clods ends
of earth or clay into finer
particles, for
transplanting seedlings,
or for cultivating the
plants.

15. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses • Bolo- is a large,
broad-bladed knife
used for cutting
branches of trees
and making pegs.
• Grub hoe- is a tool
with a flat blade
attached to a long
handle used for
weeding, cultivation,
and gardening

16. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses
• Sprinkler – is a
machine or a device
for spraying water,
liquid fertilizer or
chemical to plant or
lawns.
• Garden hose – is a
flexible tube for
conveying water to
the plants, usually in
a garden.

17. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses • Sprayer- is a fine jet
of liquid discharge
from a pressurized
container.
• Pegs- are small
cylindrical or tapered
pins or pieces of
wood used to fasten
things or plug a hole,
or mark boundaries.

18. Basic Garden tools and their
Uses • Shovel- is a tool
with a handle and
scoop for digging
and moving
materials, such as
dirt, or maybe
snow.

19. Advantages of Vegetables
Gardening
• It provides fresh food supply for the family.
• It provides the family with vegetables that are
free from toxic chemicals.
• It develops the desirable habit of industriousness.
• It gives additional income to the family.
• It gives enjoyment to the planters/owners.
• It develops a sense of appreciation for one’s
effort.

20. Recycled pot for gardening