1. EDIBLE GARDENING EDIBLE GARDENING BY BY Venkappa Gani Venkappa Gani September 28, 2008 September 28, 2008

2. EDIBLE GARDENING  PLANNING  PREPARING  PLANTING  CARING  HARVESTING

3. PLANNING  Site Selection  Garden Size  Decide What to Grow  Location  Time of Planting

4. PREPARING  Soil Preparation is Key for Success  Nutrients  Organic Matter  Air  Water

5. SOIL TYPES  Sandy  Sticky Clay  Rocky  Soil Test

6. Soil Amendment  Plant Materials  Manure  Compost

7. TILLING SOIL  Deep Digging  Shallow Digging  No Digging  Raised Beds  Row Preparation

8. Soil mixed with organics

9. Layering

10. Earth Worms

11. Worm Casting

12. Earth worm

13. PLANTING  Tools: Hoe, Rake, Hand trowel  Seeds: Purchase, Home grown  Transplants: Buy, Home grown  Time of Planting  Cool Season  Warm Season

14. CARING  Thinning  Watering : Drip irrigation, Soaker hose  Feeding: Organic Nutrients  Supporting: Stakes, Trellis, Cages  Weeding: Mulch, Black Plastic  Insects  Protecting

15. HARVESTING  Leafy Vegetables: By hand  Fruity Vegetables: By Hand  Rooty Vegetables: Digging & Lifting

16. Storing  Long term Storage: Freezing, Canning  Drying Vegetables & Herbs  Sun  Warm Indoor space  Domestic Oven  Dehydrator

17. Radishes  Red Radishes  Diakon

18. Potatoes  Potato  Sweet Potato

19. Onions  Yellow  White

20. BEETS  Beet Roots

21. Fennel  Fennel full Grown

22. Spinaches  Amaranthus  Malbar Spinach

23. Cucumbers  Foot Long  Mini (Tinda)

24. Egg Plants  Black  White

25. Peas  Sugar snap

26. Bitter Melons  Flower & Fruit  Bunch

27. Edible Gourds  Snake gourd  Italian Squash

28. Swiss Chards

29. Tomatoes

30. Peppers  Cayenne  Orchid

31. Exbition

32. Award Winners

33. Squash  Male Flower  Female Flower

34. Squash  Growth

35. King of the Show

36. Peaches

37. Cool Season Vegetables  Beets  Carrots  Radishes  Onions  Garlic  Turnip  Spinach  Cabbage  Broccoli  Collard  Mustard  Cauliflower  Brussels Sprouts  Lettuce

38. Warm Season Vegetables  Beans  Tomato  Potato  Swiss Chard  Melons  Eggplant  Squash  Okra  Peppers  Cucumber  Malabar Spinach  Kohlrabi  Fennel  Pumpkin  Winter Squash

39. HERBS  Cilantro  Dill  Basils  Oregano  Mints  Salad burnet  Rosemary  Bay leaf  Thyme  Mexican mint marigold  Sage

40. Fruit Trees  Chill Hours requirement  Tropical  Sub tropical  Self pollinating  Disease resistant  Pruning  Spraying

41. Fruit Trees  Peaches  Apples  Pears  Persimmons  Pomegranates  Loquat  Jujubes  Olives  Papaya  Banana  Figs  Black berry  Grapes

42. Peaches

43. Apples

44. Pears

45. Persimmon

46. Pomegranate

47. Jujubi  Tree with fruits  Fruits

48. Jujubis

49. Citrus  Myer Lemon

50. Citrus  Kumquat

51. Citrus  Pink Grape Fruit

52. Banana

53. Banana

54. Tree ripe Banana

55. Papaya with buds

56. Successful Gardening Tips  Seek Local Advice  Good Soil  Good Location  Adequate Moisture/Drainage  Mulch  Right Plant at the Right Time  Harvest at the Right Time  Control Pests and Disease  Be Visible  ENJOY