This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in
Gardening.
Now that you're through the Sand badge, it sure seems like you need an actual garden of your own to grow in. You can get a fair amount of food out of a small garden space. Especially if you focus on higher value crops like herbs. Let's create a small garden!
Sheet mulch garden establishment video for a fresh site:
Another general video on beginning to garden:
Minimum requirements:
- At least 100 square feet of growing area
- Paths and infrastructure don't count
- Starting from lawn or untended ground (grass, weeds, etc)
- Short fence to keep out rabbits
- Can be:
- Hugelkulture
- Keyhole
- Raised beds
- No plastic or treated wood
- Wide permanent beds in the ground (preferred)
- Narrow rows
- If soil or growing mix is added it needs to be organic or better
- Mulch paths with heavy mulch that is organic or better (wood chips, straw, boards, etc)
- Mulch beds with light mulch that is organic or better (chipped leaves, grass clippings, straw, etc)
- Tilling is permitted this one time to establish a garden space
- No hydroponics or aquaponics
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The area you're starting with
- Garden halfway created
- Show that any added growing mix, soil and mulches are organic or better
- Garden complete with measurements of growing spaces
- Rabbit fence