User:AlbertCahalan/Garden

Wikimedia Garden Book
making your land productive

planning

what to grow, layout, timing,

plants

date, coconut, and other palms, woody fruit trees, cucurbit (melon, squash, etc.), cruciform (broccoli, choy, cabbage), nightshade (tomato, potato, eggplant, chili), legume (bean, pea), onion (garlic, leek), carrot, pineapple, corn, herbs, berry bushes,

tools

rototiller, mulcher, hoe, trowel, round shovel, straight shovel, heavy rake, light rake, pitchfork, pruning shears, grass clippers, lopping shears, tree saw, chainsaw, bow saw, fruit picker, sprayer spreader, weed removal tool,

construction

raised beds, tomato cages, grape vine supports, cucurbit trellises, pea supports, cucurbit mounds, drip irrigation, drainage,

soil

normal (aerobic) composting, anaerobic composting, sandy soil, clay soil, acid soil, alkaline soil, salty soil, fertilizer (3 numbers, trace elements, salt, heavy metals), manure,

disease

fungal competition, cut with clean tools, then burn or trash, see also "bugs",

bugs

neem oil with sulfer, BT, UV light (tomato hornworms), UV reflection (bugs under the leaves), dragonflies, bats, wasps, lady bugs,

vermin

squirrels, birds, mice, moles, tortises, rabbits, deer, pigs, cats,

weeding

solarizing, biodegradable mulch, plastic mulch, herbicides, goats, hoe, root barriers,

places

indoors, north-eastern USA, south-eastern USA, central USA, south-western USA, north-western USA, Alaska, Hawaii, British Isles, New Zealand, India, western Australia, eastern Australia, central Australia, eastern Canada, western Canada, central Canada, hong kong, Caribbean,

starting

planting seeds, grafting, rooting, transplanting, saving seeds, cross-polination,