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100kilos.org: grow, eat, enjoy The Vege Patch to Go Here’s the 100kilos.org quick guide to getting a small veg patch started. We’ve put each set of steps on a separate page so you can print them and take them with you to the shops, into the garden or leave on the fridge. Before you set up your new garden, find it a sunny home by a window, somewhere that you will see it often each day. This way you’ll see if the plants are happy, sad or need a drink. Next go shopping or hunting around in the backyard for… Ingredients/Shopping List The Garden 1 plastic crate with a lid (30 litre capacity or about 50 cm long, 35cm wide and 20cm deep – usually available from department or hardware stores) OR two plastic pots about 40cm long, 15cm wide and 15cm deep (often available from $2 shops). 1 x 20 litre bag potting mix. 1 x 20 litre bag of compost/’moo poo’ (soil and manure mix) 1 punnet of lettuce seedlings or a mix of lettuce and herbs 1 packet of seeds of annual flowers (marigolds, primula or similar) 1 x 1 litre bottle of liquid fertilizer concentrate The Extras Scissors to cut open the bags of soil. With the crate option – o Drill or punch/chisel/old screwdriver and a hammer AND o Phone books or a wooden block or old garden pots

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The Vege Patch to Go

 Here’s  the  100kilos.org  quick  guide  to  getting  a  small  veg  patch  started.  We’ve  put  each  set  of  steps  on  a  separate  page  so  you  can  print  them  and  take  them  with  you  to  the  shops,  into  the  garden  or  leave  on  the  fridge.    Before  you  set  up  your  new  garden,  find  it  a  sunny  home  by  a  window,  somewhere  that  you  will  see  it  often  each  day.  This  way  you’ll  see  if  the  plants  are  happy,  sad  or  need  a  drink.  Next  go  shopping  or  hunting  around  in  the  backyard  for…    Ingredients/Shopping List The  Garden  

• 1  plastic  crate  with  a  lid  (30  litre  capacity  or  about  50  cm  long,  35cm  wide  and  20cm  deep  –  usually  available  from  department  or  hardware  stores)    

OR  two  plastic  pots  about  40cm  long,  15cm  wide  and  15cm  deep  (often  available  from  $2  shops).  

• 1  x  20  litre  bag  potting  mix.  • 1  x  20  litre  bag  of  compost/’moo  poo’  (soil  and  manure  mix)  • 1  punnet  of  lettuce  seedlings  or  a  mix  of  lettuce  and  herbs  • 1  packet  of  seeds  of  annual  flowers  (marigolds,  primula  or  similar)  • 1  x  1  litre  bottle  of  liquid  fertilizer  concentrate  

 The  Extras  

• Scissors  to  cut  open  the  bags  of  soil.  • With  the  crate  option  –    

o Drill  or  punch/chisel/old  screwdriver  and  a  hammer  AND    o Phone  books  or  a  wooden  block  or  old  garden  pots  

   

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The Vege Patch to Go - Planting

Directions aka A Veg Patch in around 10 steps.

1. For  the  pots,  go  straight  to  step  2.  For  the  plastic  crate  -­‐  Use  the  drill  or  punch  and  hammer  to  put  12-­‐15  evenly  spaced  holes  in  the  bottom  of  the  crate  to  allow  water  to  drain.  Put  the  wooden  block  or  phone  books  or  garden  pot  underneath  where  you  are  putting  the  holes  to  support  the  plastic  so  it  does  not  crack  too  much  (it  doesn’t  matter  too  much  if  it  does,  but  it  is  stronger  if    

2. Open  the  bag  of  potting  mix  and  use  it  to  half-­‐fill  the  crate  or  pots  3. Open  the  bag  of  compost  and  use  it  to  fill  the  remainder  of  the  pot  to  about  level  with  the  top.  

4. With  your  hands  or  a  trowel/spade,  mix  the  potting  mix  and  compost  together  as  if  you  were  tossing  a  salad.  

5. Pat  the  soil  down  so  that  it  sits  inside  the  crate  or  pots    6. Fill  a  bucket  can  with  water  and  pour  it  gently  and  evenly  over  the  soil.  7. Scoop  out  soil  to  makes  holes  for  the  plants  in  the  pattern  as  shown  below).  Put  the  scooped-­‐out  soil  in  the  bucket.  

 8. Squeeze  the  bottom  of  the  seedling  pots  to  loosen  the  roots  and  soil,  put  your  handover  the  top  of  the  soil  with  your  fingers  between  or  around  the  plants  and  tip  the  pot  sideways  and  the  plants  should  release  from  the  pots.  

9. Put  the  lettuce  seedlings  in  the  holes,  and  fill  in  the  holes  with  soil  from  the  bucket  –  make  sure  that  the  top  of  the  soil  on  the  plant  is  about  the  same  level  as  the  top  of  the  soil  in  the  crate/pot.  

10. Plant  a  couple  of  flower  seeds  in  between  the  lettuces,  following  the  directions  on  the  packet.  

11. Take  a  photo  of  you  giving  your  growable,  edible,  enjoyable  gift  and  take  a  photo  with  the  beneficiary  and  post  it  on  www.facebook.com/100kilos.org  or  100Kilos_Org  on  Twitter.  

Mmmmm,  getting  hungry  yet??    PS:  Remember  to  wash  your  hands  when  you  are  done  and  don’t  breathe  in  the  soil  as  you  work  with  it.  The  soil  is  good  for  the  plants  but  it  wont  help  you  grow  any  taller.    

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The Veg Patch to Go – Growing

Now  all  you  need  to  do  keep  your  veg  patch  growing  is:  

• water  your  plants  about  once  a  week,  and  again  when  the  weather  is  30degrees  or  more.    

• Give  your  plants  some  of  the  liquid  fertilizer  every  2-­‐4  weeks  (you’ll  need  to  mix  it  in  the  ratio  for  seedlings  as  recommended  on  the  bottle).  Remember  the  more  regularly  you  fertilise  the  plants  the  faster  they  will  grow.    

 

Eating and Enjoying

• Start  eating  and  enjoying  your  produce  by  harvesting  when  the  lettuces  or  herbs  are  bigger  than  an  adult’s  fist.  

• If  you’re  not  sure  about  what’s  happening  in  the  veg  patch  then  ask  us  about  it  at  www.facebook.com.100kilos.org  or  by  tweeting  with  @100Kilos_Org.  

• The  100kilos.org  community  loves  to  share  your  produce  too  so  remember  to  tell  us  what  you’ve  grown  and  how  good  it  is  (you  might  even  want  to  start  your  own  brag  book).  

• Once  you’ve  got  your  lettuces  growing  and  are  confident  you  can  grow  things,  you  might  want  to  branch  out  into  something  else  like  tomatoes  or  beans  or  pak  choi  or  strawberries  too  –  there’s  something  satisfying  about  picking  your  own  veg  that  might  make  you  want  more  ;-­‐).  

 PS:  Growing  things  is  a  bit  experimental  so  sometimes  it  takes  a  few  goes  before  the  veg  patch  is  in  the  right  place,  with  the  right  amount  of  water  and  you  get  a  good  amount  of  harvest  from  it  –  the  satisfaction  of  your  own  fresh  veg  right  outside  your  door  or  window  is  worth  a  bit  of  experimenting.  If  you  decide  growing  things  is  really  not  for  you  –  just  let  us  know  and  someone  might  adopt  you  or  your  patch.