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)