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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 - 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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100kilos.org: grow, eat, enjoy
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.