School Vegetable Garden Project – Part 2

         A lot has happened since School Vegetable Garden Project – part 1 was posted. the vegetable garden plot plans have changed and also the project was extended to another school in the neighboring area. this project was implemented in two primary school in two villages(Kunjithai & Perumpadanna).The plot size of the tolla school was 3 acre. spinach,ladies finger amaranths ,cabbage,Cauli flower,tomatoes p were sown and also brinjal and plantain saplings were planted in the gardens.

Gardening procedure

1. Prepare the plot by leveling the land and divide the garden into plots so that seeds of particular vegetable can be sown in their respective plots.

2. After preparing plots , pour manure(cow dung) on the individual plots and mix it with the soil thoroughly.

3. Sow the seeds in the plots and apply Gammexane on the top of the soil so that you can keep hens, goats and other domestic creatures of the plot and protect the seeds.

4. Water the plots twice a day – once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

5. you can expect the output after 2 weeks of sowing for the vegetables mentioned above.

Our garden after two weeks

In spite of sowing the seeds and watering the plots, the seeds did not germinate because the seeds were eaten by domestic creatures. The reason for this was that fence which we build had gaps in it which was enough for hens to get in the plots. Without a proper fence developing a garden is not a good idea.

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