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PLANTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN Computer Applications

Planting a Vegetable Garden

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Planting a Vegetable Garden. Computer Applications. Location. Choose a location in full sun. Vegetable require 6 or more hours of direct sun a day The soil should be well drained If grass or weeds grow, its probably already well drained. Put up a Fence. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Planting a Vegetable Garden

PLANTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN

Computer Applications

Page 2: Planting a Vegetable Garden

Location Choose a location in full sun. Vegetable require 6 or more hours of

direct sun a day The soil should be well drained

If grass or weeds grow, its probably already well drained.

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Put up a Fence Put a fence around your garden

Helps keep out animals A 2-3 foot fence is fine unless deer are in the neighborhood You can use inexpensive wire like poultry

netting Bend the bottom foot of the wire to the

outside of the garden to lay right on top of the ground to keep animals from digging under the fence

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How to Get More Some vegetables can be trained to grow

up bamboo or metal poles (tomatoes, pole beans, cucumbers and peas.)

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Fertilize and Water Spread fertilizer over the ground in late

winter or, an inch depth of compost Make sure your garden is gets a good

watering once a week

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Weed Frequently Pull out the weeds frequently before they

grow too big

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Get Started! Plan to plant your garden around the

middle of June using small plants You can sow seeds indoors during the

winter to grow your own small plants To prepare a new garden area, lay several

layers of newspaper on existing vegetation, and top it with compost This will smother the existing vegetation

Plant immediately!

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What Grows Well in Connecticut