Business Model Canvas (BMC)- A new venture concept
Grow Your Own Food A
1. Grow Your Own Food? Of Course You Can! (Part 1) Lee Young, Extension Educator, and Deb Andrus, Master Gardener Site Soils Planting Watering Techniques
4. Soil: a mixture of weathered minerals and decaying organic matter , covering the earth in a thin layer. When combined with air and water , soil provides mechanical support and nutrients for plants.
5. Soil Pie Solids 50 % Pore Space 50 % Minerals 45 % Sand, silt, clay Air 25 % Water 25 % O.M.
Observe shading patterns What is a potential hazard? Black WAlnut tree Lead paint- old building site What do you think of this site? shade, low area
First and foremost, get a soil test: pH, P, K, lime, Mg Should be done in fall if possible to apply lime in fall. $6 kit from Extension office, results mailed to homeowner Need a representative sample: several cores at same depth: stratification of soil especially top 1 inch. pH is probably single most important factor. N is not tested for because N is rapidly transformed in soils
nutrients according to soil test types of organic matter: compost, manure
How do you decide if you plant seeds or transplants? Days to harvest
Critical watering period chart in manual example melons- flowering fruit development
