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,