GIY Challenge

Category: Small Kitchen Garden

Description: I am Britney Pacheco-Carrera "Green Thumb" and I will be competing in the Small Kitchen Garden category. The size of my garden is 9ft by 2ft giving me a total of 18 sq.ft. I am hoping to qualify for (4) four of the special categories as well; Most Innovative, Most Sustainable, Best Influencer and Most Decorative Kitchen Garden. I used a variety of objects such as the ground/dirt yard, grow box, concrete pots, plastic pots, plastic containers, tyres, pvc and concrete blocks to plant my seedlings. To prepare the soil for planting I mixed cured chicken manure, pro mix, sharp sand, tree manure and top soil. The seedlings I planted are 12 Patchoi, 12 Lettuce, 14 Celery, 18 Chive, 5 Cucumbers, 4 Ochroes and 3 Melongene. These were all planted between the 19th - 26th April, 2022. Some of the measures that I took to adhere to health and safety practices included; wearing of proper gardening attire (boots, gloves, long sleeves, long pants, broad-brimmed hat), used of proper tools (hand shovel, hoe, watering can), equipment were cleaned stored properly after use. I used 10:55:10 fertilizer after transplanting my seedlings. This was applied by mixing in a bucket, wearing rubber gloves and using a small plastic cup to apply. The remaining fertilizer was tired in a plastic bag and stored in a dry cabinet. I also started setting up my drip irrigation system through the use of plastic bottles. To deter pest and beautify my garden I planted (2) two herbs; Tarragon and Basil, 2 Petunias flowers and 2 marigolds