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Compost – A Wonderful Food for your Garden
Today we’re going to talk about compost. We’ll explain what compost is, and why it is good for your soil and plants. Then we will tell you how to build a compost pile. Compost is a dark brown or black material that looks and smells like soil, but is lighter in weight and more crumbly….
You Can Make Compost in Two to Three Weeks
Save and edit this resource as a Word document Imagine this. You will be ready to plant your garden in three weeks, but your soil is poor and needs fertilizer. You’ve heard that compost is good fertilizer and will make your soil rich and your plants healthy. But there’s a problem. It usually takes three…
Make Compost as Your Vegetables Grow
Imagine this. The rainy season is coming and you’re ready to plant your vegetables. Adding compost would be the perfect way to make your soil fertile. But you don’t have much compost available, and you don’t have time to make it. You’ve cleared some land and the ground is covered with the branches, stems, and…
A Mother Helps to Start a School Garden
Planting a school garden is an excellent way for children to learn many important lessons. As the children are planning the garden, they will learn about the connections between agriculture, the food chain and the environment. While working with soil and plants, they will learn about the biology of plants and microorganisms. To grow crops…
Choosing a School Garden Site
Planting a school garden is an excellent way for children to learn many important lessons. As the children are planning the garden, they will learn about the connections between agriculture, the food chain and the environment. While working with soil and plants, students will learn about the biology of plants and microorganisms. To know where…
The Many Uses of Bitter Leaf
In tropical countries, bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) is a widely used vegetable, especially in the southern part of Nigeria. This small evergreen plant grows well in both the dry and rainy seasons, and has many uses. Rural and urban women earn extra income by selling the leaves in the market. They must wash the leaves…
A Simple Tool to Harvest Fruit
Have you ever tried picking fruit that is very high on the tree? Chances are, if you use a rod to beat the fruit down, it will fall to the ground very damaged. To reduce the chance of fruit falling to the ground and being damaged, you can try using the split end of a…
From Loss to Profit: An Organic Farming Success – Part Two
Narayan Reddy’s farm is just outside the city of Bangalore, in southern India. With imagination and hard work, he combines modern technology and age-old farming methods. He and his family grow or make nearly everything they need on their 5-hectare farm. They are always trying ways to lower costs and work more efficiently. And every…
From Loss to Profit: An Organic Farming Success – Part One
Thursday is visitors’ day at Narayan Reddy’s farm. This 5-hectare farm is a half-hour drive from the city of Bangalore, in southern India. What makes this farm so special? Why do people – some from very far away – want to visit it? Reddy grows the same kinds of crops that his neighbours do: coconuts,…
Apply Water Evenly With a Watering Wand
Are all the plants in your nursery – plants such as coffee, tea, tobacco, spices, or tree seedlings – growing at the same rate? Getting the same amount of water to each seedling can help them grow more evenly. And having seedlings of equal size and vigour will get your crop off to a good…