This document summarizes a brownbag presentation on summer gardening in the heat given by Eileen Kane. The goals of the presentation were to teach people which vegetables and herbs thrive in the summer heat and how to care for them efficiently with less water, pesticides, and fertilizer. Some recommended plants included tomatoes, ginger, sesame, and passion vine. The presentation also discussed heirloom versus hybrid plants, spring and summer herbs, insect friends and foes, seed germination, and a summer greens project exploring heat-tolerant leafy greens.
This set of slides describes the different types of fruits that can be grown organically in the Konkan Region (India's western coast) and was prepared for Goa.
This set of slides describes the different types of fruits that can be grown organically in the Konkan Region (India's western coast) and was prepared for Goa.
Growing and Preserving Your Own Fruits and VegetablesSherry Ellis
Reap the benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables by learning how to plan and maintain a garden. You will also learn about which plants work together and which don't, and how to can and preserve the fruits of your labors, so they can be enjoyed year-round.
Join Seed Savers Exchange and South Sioux City Public Library on learning how to incorporate a Seed Saving program into your library. Seed Savers Exchange will talk about basic seed saving skills and Herman’s Garden (a seed donation program). The South Sioux City Library will talk about their program and also materials you can add to your collection. Speakers: Grant Olson, Seed Savers Exchange; Dave Mixdorf, Director, South Sioux City Public Library.
NCompass Liv
Growing Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Other Cole Crops in Wisconsin; Gardening Guidebook for Wisconsin www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 - University of Wisconsin, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
Vetable Seed Saving ~ University of California
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
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
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing and Preserving Your Own Fruits and VegetablesSherry Ellis
Reap the benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables by learning how to plan and maintain a garden. You will also learn about which plants work together and which don't, and how to can and preserve the fruits of your labors, so they can be enjoyed year-round.
Join Seed Savers Exchange and South Sioux City Public Library on learning how to incorporate a Seed Saving program into your library. Seed Savers Exchange will talk about basic seed saving skills and Herman’s Garden (a seed donation program). The South Sioux City Library will talk about their program and also materials you can add to your collection. Speakers: Grant Olson, Seed Savers Exchange; Dave Mixdorf, Director, South Sioux City Public Library.
NCompass Liv
Growing Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Other Cole Crops in Wisconsin; Gardening Guidebook for Wisconsin www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 - University of Wisconsin, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
Vetable Seed Saving ~ University of California
`
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 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
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
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
#SpaceUp Phoenix 2015 featured presentation defining citizen science, surveying citizen science contributions in Arizona to space exploration & proposing a statewide census and conference for citizen science in Arizona.
Second Annual Chandler Science Pub Quiz, Ig Nobel EditionEileen M. Kane
Chandler Science Cafe at Gangplank Hack Night, Second Annual Science Pub Quiz. Do you watch Nova? Listen to Science Friday? Our hour-long quiz is about the 2014 Ig Nobel Awards.
Be a Smarter Volunteer with Your Smartphone, 2014 #TechPHXEileen M. Kane
We all have passions to help our community, our environment, and our cities.
Many non-profit organizations need your volunteer aid, but in addition to helping the various missions of your own causes, you can help recruit other volunteers, raise funds and increase advocacy with tools found on your smartphone.
Save endangered species, feed the homeless, bring non-profits into the 21st Century and become a volunteer rock star.
1. Brownbag-
Summer
Gardening:
Veggies & Herbs
that Thrive in
the Heat
Presented by Eileen Kane
2. University of Arizona Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners
To teach people to select, place and care for plants in an
environmentally responsible manner based on research specific to the
low desert.
Our Goals:
Increase efficiency of people's landscapes.
Decrease excessive use of pesticides, water, and fertilizers.
Decrease amount of green waste in landfills.
Increase school and community gardening efforts.
A Maricopa County Master Gardener is an individual who completes a University of Arizona Cooperative
Extension, Maricopa County specialized course in gardening in the low desert (once a week for a three-
hour session for 17 consecutive weeks, plus 50 hours internship), and maintains certification with 25
hours of service and 12 hours of continuing education per year.
4341 E. Broadway Rd, Phoenix
5. Tomatoes!
Best to plant the small and Till soil to a depth of 2 to 3 feet.
medium-sized varieties in our Plant when soil temperatures have
desert gardens. reached 60 degrees.
Look for tomatoes labeled for 60- Should be bottom-watered (water
to 70-day maturity. the roots, not the leaves, should
Successful varieties include: Yellow never be allowed to dry
Pear, Cherry, Sweet 100, Earlypak, completely, nor should it remain
Earlygirl, Small Fry, Patio, too soggy.).
Champion, Earliana, and Sunripe. Fertilize plants with diluted
Eastside, 6 hours daily sunlight. fertilizer every 2 or 3 weeks until
flower and fruit production begins.
Happy Valentines Day!
6. Heirloom versus hybrid
Open Pollinated: capable of
producing seeds that will produce
seedlings just like the parent plant.
Hybrid: cross-bred compatible types
of plants to create a plant with the
best features of both parents. Many
hybrids will not produce plants with
identical qualities.
7. Spring & Summer Herbs
Will Bolt & Die as Temps Start Now
Approach 100 degrees
Basil
Arugula, Rocket
Black-Eyed Susan
Chervil
Chili/Chile Peppers
Cilantro/Coriander
Ginger Root
Dill
Grass-Citronella & Lemon
Nasturtium
Oregano
Parsley
Passion Vine
Breadseed poppies
Sesame
Calif. & Mexican poppy
Sweet Pea
Viola/Pansy
Sunflower
11. Seed Germination
A seed contains the embryo of the
new plant, with a supply of food
for the embryo until it has formed
sufficient roots and leaves to
obtain its own food.
Imbibition: reactivates enzymes present
in the seed. These enzymes break down
storage compounds in the seed to make
them available for the embryo.
Digestion & translocation: enzymes that were synthesized or activated previously
begin to break down storage material within the seed into simple compounds which
are translocated to the embryo. The embryo begins to grow as cells elongate & divide.
Germination: seed continues to undergo metabolic changes which transform
the embryo into a seedling.
12. Summer Greens Project
http://bit.ly/HrKdj0
To develop planting & harvest recommendations for leafy greens that perform well
during hot weather in the southwest deserts.
• Jute leaves, Corchorus, (aka palovar sauce, Molokheya), cooked or raw,
very frost tender, full sun
• Malabar spinach, Basella alba, cooked or raw, vine, harvest tips
• Purslane, Portulaca oleracea, (aka verdolagas), cooked or raw, frost tender,
full sun, moist soil
• Redleaf Amaranth, Amaranthus, cooked, frost tender, moist soil, wind pollinated,
no shade
• Sweet potato leaves, Ipomoea batatas, cooked, climbed, moist soil, full sun
• Land seaweed, Salsola komarovi, (aka Japanese Saltwort or Okahijiki), cooked,
full sun, moist soil, sow the seed when soil temp is + 70°F
• Jamaica leaves, Hibiscus sabdariffa, raw, salad green, edible flower bracts
• Chard – did not perform when planted in late spring
14. A word about “salt”…
Dissolved in our water
via natural and human processes:
• calcium,
• magnesium,
• sodium,
• sulfate,
• chloride, and
• bicarbonate
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-170-98/pdf/fs17098.pdf