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Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Create A Garden Anywhere, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Create A Garden Anywhere, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
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This fact sheet is part of a series about creating sustainable school and home gardens. It provides information and resources on creating gardens anywhere, such as in containers, towers, raised beds, and forests. It also includes ideas and resources for encouraging beneficial insects and providing food and habitat for pollinators.
Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Rain Barrels, Daniel Findlay, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Rain Barrels, Daniel Findlay, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
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This fact sheet is part of a series about creating sustainable school and home gardens. It provides information and resources on establishing rain barrels. When attached to a downspout, a barrel collects the rain that falls on the roof, allowing for local water use and preventing flooding or runoff pollution. The water can be used to nurture plants and animals.
Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Welcoming Pollinators, Kaitlin Cambell, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
Creating Sustainable School And Home Gardens: Welcoming Pollinators, Kaitlin Cambell, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle
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This fact sheet is part of a series about creating sustainable school and home gardens. It focuses on welcoming pollinators to the garden by providing a safe and effective habitat, and lists recommended plantings and resources.
Extending The Garden Season, Taun Beddes, Michael Caron, Sheriden M. Hansen, Jaydee Gunnell
Extending The Garden Season, Taun Beddes, Michael Caron, Sheriden M. Hansen, Jaydee Gunnell
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Many homeowners have the dream of growing fresh vegetables year-round. Unfortunately, in colder climates, this is only possible using a complete greenhouse with supplemental heating/cooling and lights. Greenhouses can be excessively expensive to maintain and heat, making them impractical for most homeowners. This is not only due to cold winter temperatures but shorter day lengths and lower available light that must be offset artificially. There are practical, less expensive ways to obtain self-grown produce earlier and later in the growing season, though, by using season-extending techniques. These include using equipment such as cold frames, high tunnels, low tunnels, floating row …
Preparing And Improving Garden Soil, Katie Wagner, Melanie Stock, Larry A. Sagers
Preparing And Improving Garden Soil, Katie Wagner, Melanie Stock, Larry A. Sagers
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A great garden starts with healthy soil. In Utah, there are unique considerations for creating and maintaining healthy soils. Native Utah soils are relatively low in organic matter. One of Utah’s most troublesome, pH-related deficiencies is iron chlorosis, a deficiency of plant-available iron. Soil salinity easily increases in Utah. This fact sheet addresses these challenges to help gardeners transform garden soils from brutal to beautiful!
Constructing A Low-Cost High Tunnel For Tall Crops (14.5' Wide By 10' Tall), Tiffany Maughan, Daniel Rowley, Brent Black, Dan Drost
Constructing A Low-Cost High Tunnel For Tall Crops (14.5' Wide By 10' Tall), Tiffany Maughan, Daniel Rowley, Brent Black, Dan Drost
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Cover Crops For Utah Gardens, Michael Johnson, Maggie Wolf, Rich Keonig
Cover Crops For Utah Gardens, Michael Johnson, Maggie Wolf, Rich Keonig
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Beneficial Insects: Mantids, Erin W. Hodgson, Ron Patterson
Beneficial Insects: Mantids, Erin W. Hodgson, Ron Patterson
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Garden Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill
Garden Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill
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The goal of garden irrigation is to maintain yield and quality by replacing water lost to the atmosphere from the soil by evaporation, and from leaf surfaces by transpiration. The combination of evaporation and transpiration is referred to as evapotranspiration (Et), or simply water use. Garden water use is presented in units of inches of water per day, week or month.
Plant Some New Vegetables This Year, Dennis Hinkamp
Plant Some New Vegetables This Year, Dennis Hinkamp
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Apricot - The Versatile Fruit, Dennis Hinkamp
Apricot - The Versatile Fruit, Dennis Hinkamp
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Planning Is The Key To Saving Water In Garden, Dennis Hinkamp
Planning Is The Key To Saving Water In Garden, Dennis Hinkamp
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Water, Water Everywhere, Dennis Hinkamp
Water, Water Everywhere, Dennis Hinkamp
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Join Hands With Spiders In Garden Warfare, Dennis Hinkamp
Join Hands With Spiders In Garden Warfare, Dennis Hinkamp
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Masters Of Gardening Keep Utah Growing, Dennis Hinkamp
Masters Of Gardening Keep Utah Growing, Dennis Hinkamp
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Annuals - Help Them Survive Transplanting, Dennis Hinkamp
Annuals - Help Them Survive Transplanting, Dennis Hinkamp
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Give Trees A Chance, Dennis Hinkamp
Insecticides: Ask Questions First, Shoot Later, Dennis Hinkamp
Insecticides: Ask Questions First, Shoot Later, Dennis Hinkamp
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Landscaping: Exterior Design Revamp Time, Dennis Hinkamp
Landscaping: Exterior Design Revamp Time, Dennis Hinkamp
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Taming The Blackberry, Dennis Hinkamp
Currents, A 'Berry' Good Addition To Your Garden, Dennis Hinkamp
Currents, A 'Berry' Good Addition To Your Garden, Dennis Hinkamp
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Home Vegetable Garden, Dan Drost
Home Vegetable Garden, Dan Drost
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There are so many vegetable varieties available, how do you select good ones for the home garden? Which ones are adapted and grow well in my area? This bulletin gives you some answers to these questions. It lists some of the better vegetable varieties for Utah. Since varieties vary in disease resistance and maturity characteristics, it is important to select ones that are adapted to our area. Should I grow a hybrid? Does it have disease resistance? When will it mature. What things should I think about before planting the garden?
Preparing And Improving Garden Soil, Utah State University
Preparing And Improving Garden Soil, Utah State University
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