1. Dirty Hands, Clean Eating
Planning Your Garden
Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library
February 6, 2016

2. Issues to Consider Type of Garden What to Plant Sun Requirements
Water Requirements
Soil Amendments

3. Getting Started
Ludwig, David. "How To Design & Build a Vegetable Garden." YouTube. YouTube, 15 Feb Web. 30 Jan

4. Types of Gardens Raised beds Tilled plots Communal gardens
Community gardens
Container gardens

5. Types of Gardens, Continued
Hanging
Heirloom
Hydroponic
Kitchen
Shade
Square Foot

6. Let’s Begin
Do you have any special needs that might limit your ability to tend a traditional garden?
How much time do you have to devote to your garden project?

7. Gardens of Focus Low tunnel Square foot gardening Raised beds
Container gardens

8. Low Tunnels
Toscano, Kim. Constructing Row Covers. Web.
March Accessed February 4, 2016.

9. Square Foot Gardening
Rich, Michael. SFG Teaching Video. Web. June 28, Accessed February 6, 2016.

10. Container Gardening
Kohler, John. Top Five Container Gardening Tips. Web. January 19, Accessed February 4, 2016.

11. Traditional Tilled Plots
Southern States Coop. “How to Start Your Tilled Garden.” Web. December 7, Accessed February 4, 2016.

12. Sun Requirements
Most vegetable gardens need 6 to 8 hours of full sun per day.
North-south orientation assures the most sunlight.
Let’s look at my example.

13. Suzie’s House

14. Water Requirements
As most of us are looking at raised beds with lots of mulch and appropriate soil additives, we know our beds will retain water better than traditional gardens.
Remember not to overwater.