2. What to expect from this
series:
• Get you know your local Ag agent
• A focus on good healthy food for you and
your family, and addressing the “food
insecurity” situation in Transylvania County
• Sources for more information
• Become aware of the resources that are
available to you locally
• Share and build on your experiences!
4. Today
• Why bother with a garden?
• Planning your garden
• Realistic expectations- how much to plant
• Soil tests
• Prepping your garden and sources of soil
fertility
• Discussion and questions- Raised beds w/
treated wood? Row covers? Interpreting soil
test results?
5. Planning your garden
• Make a map and consider the following:
• How annoying is it going to be to garden
here?
• Walking distance, water, dogs, neighbors
• How much sunlight will it get (remember,
Full sun means at least 6 hours of sun a
day.)
• Slope? Soil type? Can you dig there???
10. Soil Tests
• Click here for info
on soil testing
Image: Cushing Memorial
Library and Archives, Texas
A&M
11. How to do a soil test
• Rainy day? Watch Mr. Cliff Ruth do the
hard work for us
12. Soil Fertility
Click here for
information on
fertilizing your
garden to get ready
for planting
Click here for more
info on converting
between chemical
and organic fertilizer
recommendations.
13. Interpreting your soil test
results
• Remember that fertilizer recommendations
are based on the crop that you submitted
