GIY Challenge
Category: Best Junior Kitchen Garden
Sowing Date/Transplanting Date: 28 April 2022
Grow box preparation: -
Garden Tools and Materials Used: Measuring Tape, Garden Fork, Spade, Hoe, Shovel, Garden Hand Tools, Bucket, Watering Can, String, Pallets, PVC Pipes, Bricks, PVC Pipes, Gloves, Garden Boots
Measure area with measuring tape 36 sq ft (9ft x4ft)
Level area with gardening tools
Place markers and bricks on outskirts of perimeter
Cut holes in horizontal PVC Pipes and Vertical PVC Pipe (Assistance needed with cutting)
Place horizontal PVC Pipe inside of 2 sides of perimeter of Grow box
Place Vertical Gardening Tower in the center of grow box
Mix soil with shovel (combination of Top Soil, Cured Chicken manure, Rotted Wood manure and sharp sand)
Use bucket to place soil in grow box to the level of bricks
Use hand shovel to place soil in Vertical Garden Tower
Join pallet with strings in grow box and place to lean on wall
Manure/Fertilizer: Cured Chicken Manure, Rotted Wood Manure
Nutrex 10:30:20 1tsp to 1 gallon water
Short Term Crops: 1. Patchoi/Variety: Joi Choy Quantity: 42
2. Parsley/ Variety: Triple Curl Quantity: 52
Long Term Crops: 1: Cucumbers/ Variety: Alexandra Quantity: 4
2: Ochroes / Variety: Clemson Spineless Quantity:7
General Comments:
Marigold plants were planted on two corners of grow box to deter pests
Ochro plants were planted strategically to shade short term crops
Pallets were placed for cucumbers to run on to maximize space for crops
Decorative plants were placed on the outskirts of grow box to beautify surroundings
