Lesson Guides – Basic Vegetable Gardening
Here you can download individual lessons on 15 basic vegetable gardening topics for teachers, 4-H advisors, or volunteer trainers. Most lessons have both short and detailed versions.
- Lesson 1 – Choosing a Site (detailed)
Lesson 1 – Choosing a Site (short) - Lesson 2 – Designing Your Garden (detailed)
Lesson 2 – Designing Your Garden (short) - Lesson 3 – Soil Preparation (detailed)
Lesson 3a – Seed Germination Test (short)
Lesson 3b – Preparing the Soil (short) - Lesson 4 – Planting Seeds (detailed)
Lesson 4 – Planting Seeds (short) - Lesson 5 – Transplanting (detailed)
Lesson 5 – Transplanting (short) - Lesson 6 – Designing Experiments (detailed)
- Lesson 7 – Doing Experiments (detailed)
- Lesson 8 – Watering and Mulching (detailed)
Lesson 8a – Mulching (short)
Lesson 8b – Watering (short) - Lesson 9 – Natural Pest Management (detailed)
Lesson 9a – Disease Triangle (short)
Lesson 9b – Natural Pesticides and Insecticides (short) - Lesson 10 – Making and Using Compost (detailed)
Lesson 10 – Making and Using Compost (short) - Lesson 11 – Weeding and Maintenance (detailed)
Lesson 11 – Weeding and Maintenance (short) - Lesson 12 – Crop Rotation (detailed)
Lesson 12 – Crop Rotation (short) - Lesson 13 – Harvesting Produce (detailed)
Lesson 13 – Harvesting Produce (short) - Lesson 14 – Vegetable Nutrition (detailed)
Lesson 14 – Vegetable Nutrition (short) - Lesson 15 – Storage and Preservation (detailed)
Lesson 15 – Storage and Preservation (short) - Lesson 16 – Cooking to Maintain Nutrition (detailed)
Lesson 16 – Cooking to Maintain Nutrition (short) - Lesson 17 – Square Meter Gardening (detailed)
Lesson 17 – Square Meter Gardening (short)