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Reason/Benefits•Researchers estimate that gardening burns an average of 300 calories per hour, while heavy yard work can burn more than 600 calories per hour!

•Engaging in regular physical activity like gardening is also an excellent way to lower your risk of some cancers.

•Spending time in nature reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, and relieves muscle tension.

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•According to the American Horticultural Therapy Association, gardening can benefit people who are recovering from physical illness by retraining their muscles and improving coordination, balance, and strength.

•Gratifying

•Self Sufficient

It is Counsel From Our Prophet

Spencer W. Kimball said, “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees-plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard. Even those residing in apartments … can generally grow a little food in pots and planters. Study the best methods of providing your own foods. Make your garden … neat and attractive as well as productive. If there are children in your home, involve them in the process with assigned responsibilities” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1976, 170-71; or Ensign, May 1976, 124).

Know Your Zone Getting Started

Indoor …. Cold frames

Seeds… Plants…. Roots Bulbs

Stratifying Seeds

Plants Healthy

Hardening off

Water in the hole

Dampening off

Root Tone Hormone

Frost

GMO VS Heritage

Annual and Perennial

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Where to Put Your Garden

Shading/Sun

Drainage

Convenience

Prepare the SoilCompost

Peat Moss

Fertilizer

pH

WORMS

Rotate Crops

For heavy clay soil, add organic material and lots of it.Clay soil will drain slowly or not at all it also prevents enough

air to reach the roots.

Amending sandy soil with well rotted manure or compost

Check with your local Extension Office

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AsparaguspH Range: 6 - 8 Soil: Well drainedDepth: No deeper than 5 to 6 inches Spacing: 1-1/2 feet apart Shade: Full sunWatering: NoneComments: Do not harvest the asparagus during the planting year

BeanspH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Rich, loose and moistShade: Full SunWatering: Moderate

Comments: Bush vs Pole Beans

Cabbage

pH Range: 6.2 - 8 Soil: Firm and solidDepth: ½ inches deepSpacing: 6 inchesShade: Full sunWatering: Keep soil moistCompanion planning: Peppermint (watch it is very invasive) spring, summer and winter variety

Carrots

pH Range: 6.2 - 8 Soil: Loose (sand)Depth: ¼ to ½ inch Spacing: 3 to 4 inches Shade: Full SunWatering: Water well

Cucumber

pH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: 1/2 to 1 inch deep Spacing: three plants every 36 inches in the hill system Shade: Full SunWatering: Ample watering

Kale

pH Range: 5.2 - 8 Soil: Organically rich soil, well-drained Depth: ¼-½ inchesSpacing: 8-12 inchesShade: Full Sun Watering: Average

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Lettuce

pH Range: 6 - 8 Soil: Organically rich soil, well-drained Depth: ¼-½ inchesSpacing: 3 inchesShade: Full Sun Watering: Average

Onions

pH Range: 6 - 8 Soil: Rich soilDepth: ¼ - ½ inch (seed)Under dirt (set)Spacing: 4-6 inchesShade: Full sunWatering: Keep moist

Peas

pH Range: 6 - 8 Soil: Tightly packedDepth: 1 inchSpacing: 3 inchesShade: Likes to staycoolWatering: Keep moist

Peppers

pH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: Make sure all roots and little of the stem are under dirtSpacing: 18 to 24 inches Shade: Full SunWatering: Moist

Sweet Potatoes

pH Range: 5 - 7 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: first and several nodes underground. Spacing: 1 foot Shade: Full sunWatering: Keep moistNot wet

Let the potatoes dry on the ground for a couple of hours. Don't wash the potatoes

Potatoes

pH Range: 5 – 5.5 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: 6-8 inches Spacing: 15 inches Shade: Full SunWatering: Keep moist

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Radishes

pH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: ½ - 1 inchSpacing: 1 to 4 inches Shade: Full sunWatering: Keep moist

Spinach

pH Range: 6 - 8 Soil: Organically rich soil, well-drained Depth: ¼-½ inchesSpacing: 1-3 inchesShade: Full Sun Watering: Average

Squash - Zucchini

pH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Loose and well drainedDepth: ¼ - ½ inchesSpacing: 18 inchesShade: Full sunWatering: Keep moist but well drained

Strawberries

pH RangepH Range: 5.2 - 7 Soil: Moist by drainedDepthDepth: Make sure the whole root is coveredSpacing: 4 inchesShade: Full sunWatering: Keep moist

TomatoespH Range: 5.5 - 8 Soil: Rich and looseDepth: Make sure all roots and quite a bit of the stem are under dirt. Up to 2 leaves.Spacing: 18 to 24 inches Shade: Full SunWatering: Moist

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Raised Beds

Wide Row VS Conventional Single RowReason/Benefits

Weeds and Other Pest

Wide Row…. Grass Clippings…. Leaves…. OLD HAY 3 years …. Weed Barrier …. Black Plastic ….. cardboard

Capsicum and Garlic Spray

NSP Concentrate

Get Imaginative

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Rain Spout Salad Hanging on Wall

Freeze, Can, Jelly, Jam

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Aquaponics

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bodIGZvknaI

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This worked well for me for many years - it's a simple, weed-free way to grow lettuce, spinach and even radishes. Take a 2 cubic feet bag of potting soil (I used Miracle Grow), rumple it around quite a bit to loose the soil, poke quite a few holes in the back side for drainage, then lay the bag on a smooth surface that will allow drainage and not get too hot, and cut out the top, leaving about a 4 or 5 inch border all around. Lightly rake through the soil to even it out and loosen it even more, then carefully, and evenly sprinkle the seeds around. I put my salad green seeds in an old spice bottle with large shaker holes, added some cornmeal, shook it all up to mix well and sprinkled them out of it. I put the cornmeal in there to allow me to see that I had covered the soil evenly. If doing radish seeds or spinach, just make lines the depth mentioned on the seed pack, plant the seeds and cover appropriately. For salad greens I sprinkled a lite covering of soil over the cornmeal and seeds and then spray-misted to water them in. I put my bags on metal sawhorses and grates to make them waist level. This kept the bags off the hot concrete and I didn't have to bend over when cutting my salad. When harvesting, just use a pair of scissors and cut what you need - don't pull the plants out. Same goes for spinach - they will grow back almost magically overnight, and you can't tell where you cut. Spray mist the seeds and plantlings at first when watering, until they are established, then you can water more vigorously as the plants mature. You will probably need to water more often, since the depth of the bags are not as deep as a regular in-ground garden. I just kept mine moist, but not sopping wet.

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Warehouse Gardening

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Recycle plants

• https://www.facebook.com/GrowFoodNotLawns/videos/928861793836100/?fref=nf

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