Gardening In Small Spaces - University Of Kentucky
Gardening in Small SpacesImpatient Gardener Series, February 3rdAmanda SearsHorticulture AgentMadison County Cooperative Extension Office
Think Outside the Row Full sun 6-8 hours a day Level Well drained Close to a water source Plants need 1 inch of water a week
Think Outside the Row
Gardens Do Not Have to Be Big! More is not better, at some point itis just more Containers Raised beds Vertical gardening Additional gardening ideas
Anything Can Be a Container As Long AsThere Is Good Drainage Drainage holes!
Match the Plant to the ContainerVegetable Gardening in ContainersPlantMinimum Container Size/Varieties# of plantsBean2 gallon/seeding 3” apartBush: Top Crop, greencrop,contenderPole: Blue Lake, KY WonderCucumber1 gallon/1 plantLiberty, Early Pik, CrispyLettuce1 gallon/ 2 plantsButtercrunch, Ruby, Salad BowlPepper5 gallon/ 2 plantsYolo Wonder, Red Cherry, JalepenoSquash/Zucchini 5 gallon/1 plantSquash: Divine, Goldneck, ZuccoZucchini: Diplomat, SenatorTomato5 gallon/1 plantPatio, Pixie, Tiny TimSpinach1 gallon/2 plantsAny variety
Don’t Put Rocks in the Bottom Myth: putting gravel in bottom ofcontainer helps Water perches there instead
Watering Different for every container andcombination If the first inch of soil is dry, water Water until it drains out drainageholes
Raised Beds 2-4 ft. wide Usually 6-8” inches high Can be bordered withwood, stone, brick, etc Does not have to have aborderUse what you have around your home!
Square Foot Gardening
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Vertical Gardening Benefits Maximizes the use of available spaceEasier to harvestCleaner, higher qualityBetter air movement, reduction of disease issuesMore accessibleDon’t shade therest of thegarden! Cons Upfront planning Shading other plants/trellis should be north side to avoid shading Make sturdy Consideration How heavy will your plant be? Is your support strong enough?
Garden Up! Think Three Dimensional Plants that vine or sprawl CucumberSquashBeansTomatoGrapeWisteria Some plants will need moresupport than others
Garden Up! Think Three Dimensional Support TrellisStakesCagesFencesPalletPlants such as corn or sunflowersUse what you have around your home!
Gardening Outside the RowPotato BagsStrawbale gardening
Gardening Outside the Row A garden here and a garden there Stick gardens in landscaping and in vacantspots Succession Gardening Rather than planting all of a type of plant atonce, stagger planting the dates so that youcan have multiple harvests Lettuce, corn, beans
Contact InformationAmanda Searsamanda.sears@uky.edu859-623-4072
Additional Resources Arthritis and ty/files/imce/GardeningArthritisPJ.pdf Container ardening/ Vertical ubs ext vt edu/HORT/HORT-189/HORT-189-pdf.pdf
Additional Resources Kentucky Vegetable gardening guide https://grayson.ca.uky.edu/files/id128 home vegetable gardening in ky.pdf Square foot gardening https://hgic.clemson.edu/square-foot-gardening/ Gardening in Small Spaces https://johnson.ca.uky.edu/files/gardening in small spaces.pdf
Match the Plant to the Container Vegetable Gardening in Containers Plant Minimum Container Size/ # of plants Varieties Bean 2 gallon/seeding 3” apart Bush: Top Crop, greencrop, contender Pole: Blue Lake, KY Wonder Cucumber 1 gallon/1 plant Liberty, Early Pik, Crispy Lettuce 1 gallon/ 2 plants Buttercrunch, Ruby, Salad Bowl Pepper 5 gallon/ 2 plants Yolo Wonder, Red Cherry, Jalepeno
plants. Tuck a plant or two in a basket and place it on a shelf. Dwarf and slow growing plant varieties, vertical gardening and square foot gardening methods can add to your eye appeal as well as your table. Flowers, fruits and herbs can be Gardening for Small Spaces Article and photos by Terri Simon, Master Gardener cont’d on pg. 6
Appendix A:Sample Parking Garage Operations Manual: Page A-4 1.4 Parking Facility Statistics Total Capacity: 2,725 Spaces Total Compact: 464 Spaces (17%) Total Full Size: 2,222 Spaces Total Handicapped Spaces: 39 Spaces Total Reserved Spaces: 559 Spaces Total Bank of America Spaces: 2,166 Spaces Total Boulevard Reserved
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC GARDENING WHAT IS ORGANIC GARDENING Organic gardening is a process that promotes and enhances biodiversity, natural biological cycles and soil biological actives that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony. Organic gardening basic tenets are feeding the soil though decaying organic matter and utilizing
94 GardeninG Gardening resources. Gardening Resources Scouting Literature Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Bird Study, Insect Study, Nature, Plant Science, and Soil and Water Conservation merit badge pamphlets Books Bartholomew, Mel. All New Square Foot Gardening. Cool Springs P
Straw Bale gardening is more economical, easier on your back, and is great for people with mobility issues. After over 40 years of gardening in four states, Wanda has experimented with many forms of gardening including Ruth Stout’s raised beds, keyhole gardening, and the French Intensive Gardening Method. She has tried many
stain concrete and wood decking. Container Vegetable Gardening 6-8 hrs sun for warm season vegetable crops 4-5 hrs sun for cool season vegetable crops. Container Ornamental Gardening If your area gets at least 6 hours of direct sun, you can choose plants for “full
21 Nuclear Locally Convex Spaces 21.1 Locally Convex -Spaces 478 21.2 Generalities on Nuclear Spaces 482 21.3 Further Characterizations by Tensor Products 486 21.4 Nuclear Spaces and Choquet Simplexes 489 21.5 On Co-Nuclear Spaces 491 21.6 Examples of Nuclear Spaces 496 21.7 A
B. Pipe and pipe fitting materials are specified in Division 15 piping system Sections. 1.3 DEFINITIONS A. Finished Spaces: Spaces other than mechanical and electrical equipment rooms, furred spaces, pipe and duct shafts, unheated spaces immediately below roof, spaces above ceilings, unexcavated spaces, crawl spaces, and tunnels.
